A Fungus Among Us

Of all the toadstools and fungus I've photographed in our yard, this is one of the most unusual. This malodorous growth is called a stinkhorn fungus, or carrion fungus, for very good reason...it smells just awful, which is why it's such a delight to blow flies.


Dictionary.com describes it as "any of various rank-smelling, brown-capped mushrooms of the genus phallus." Enough said.