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Spiny-volva Bamboo Fungus
Phallus echinovolvatus is a veiled stinkhorn named for the spiny surface of its egg and volva. The mature fruit body has a white stalk, a yellowish to white reticulated cap carrying dark green spore slime, and a white net-like indusium that hangs almost to the ground. It is artificially cultivated in East Asia, and a chromosome-level genome was published in 2025 to support breeding.
Cultivated in East Asia in the same way as edible bamboo fungi, but species-specific edibility data are sparse in the sources consulted. Eat only cultivated product. Wild stinkhorn eggs can resemble Amanita buttons, so cut any wild egg lengthwise and identify it before use.
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