Photos 1-5: the P. fusiformis fruited
Photo 6: the origin colony
Photo 7: the other P. fusiformis morph I located

I took substrate from mulch that had a single Pseudocolus fusiformis with eggs all around it.

Over the first few days of hatching the eggs, I found that all of them were Satyrus rugulosus. This was back at the time when I only had Satyrus rugulosus and Phallus ravenelii. I put the substrate in a bin, put wood chips and left it.

I noticed some eggs growing in it weeks later and thought it was S. rugulosus.

As the egg grew I noticed something very strange about the egg that had me on the fence whether it was actually S. rugulosus or if P. fusiformis somehow had wrestled back the substrate and was now fruiting.

The egg had a brown, leather skin-like appearance unlike ordinary S. rugulosus eggs. I had assumed it was at an early stage of development and that was the gleba layer forming.

This morning I came and saw in the fogged bin walls that there was something orange. i opened the bin and here we are.

During the time it was growing before I noticed it. I looked and located some more Pseudocolus fusiformis and established them. The morph i found was a bit different. It was more yellowish and less orange than this morph.

Well here we have it, another interesting development in my stinkhorn journey! I will continue posting about stinkhorns and we will see where it goes from here!

Thank you so much for reading this and I hope you have a great day!

Photos 1 - 2: Phallus ravenelii colony I found today an hour away from home

Photo 3: Phallus ravenelii colony in my backyard

Photo 4: Pseudocolus fusiformis… what else do I say?

Photos 5 - 6: 2nd Mutinus elegans colony I found

Photo 7: Large bottom Satyrus rugulosus.

Photos 8 - 9: S. rugulosus

Photo 10: large P. ravenelii

Photos 11 - 14: M. elegans colony with a double from same egg

Photo 15: first P. fusiformis i found, it was literally surrounded by a S. rugulosus colony

Photo 16: S. rugulosus egg

Photo 17: first S. rugulosus colony I found

Photos 18 - 20: More P. ravenelii

The putrid smell this tiny but mighty fungi makes is horrible. Truly earned its spot in the Phallaceae family. We’ve had a lot of rain this past week and this popped up overnight.

📍 South Coast Massachusetts

I've never found a stinkhorn egg before. Can anyone say what kind of stinkhorn this is, or are pics of the fruiting body necessary? I squeezed it to break it open since I didn't have a knife on me - wasn't expecting the clear fluid to come oozing out, thought it was a scleroderma species at first. No smell, surprisingly, even once broken open. Location: Dawsonville, Ga, USA. Habitat: hardwood dominant forest

Which ones are the most beautiful to you?

Which ones are the ugliest to you?

Which ones are the most alien looking to you?

Curious to read what you think!

I have successfully found Pseudocolus fusiformis out in the wild today! Lots of eggs, cloned them. Will be getting a grow tent soon to fruit my stinkhorn cultures.

This was cultured about a few weeks ago. Since then, the two S. rugulosus tissue mycelium have grown rapidly. The one in the left was originally fuzzier growth and the one on the right was always very rhizomorphic. Then they merged as they were genetically compatible (both tissues were from the same S. rugulosus egg). Really excited to see where this goes!

You guys liked the last one, so I thought you guys would like more pics of the newest fruit! Bonus pics of the seasoned fly hunter

Over the course of 5 days, it got really fuzzy and looks like it’s getting ready to spread across the agar this marks my first successful attempt to culture Mutinus elegans. The other 4 cultures are even slower at colonizing. This one is definitely a candidate for selection.

Praying Mantises love these stinkhorns!

This time, i was able to find its eggs. Last M. elegans culture contaminated. These elegans seem a bit smaller than the one last week, their smell definitely spreads further.

After a long drought and a few days of rain, these stinkhorns suddenly pop up out of the ground! (Belgium)

Only found it because I was following the smell of rotting flesh thinking I'd find a dead animal on our property. Still not totally convinced there wasn't one nearby. Is that a common smell for these?

This is the second stinkhorn i ever heard of last year and i finally found it! Problem is that I couldn’t find any mycelium underneath like any of the other stinkhorns so getting a culture is going to be difficult (yes, all the stinkhorns I find I have been culturing and trying to grow it)

I only found 3 fruiting bodies and the third one was completely dead.

This has to be one of the worst smelling stinkhorns i have seen, it rivals stinky squid 🦑!

It smells like old garbage sitting in a hot room and spoiled meat…

Regardless, it is a very beautiful mushroom! A few passersby even asked what i was holding!

The punky wood is each stinkhorn colony added. The left most one is phallus ravenelii. The top middle one is Pseudocolus fusiformis. And the right one is Satyrus rugulosus. I’m excited to see how each will grow and I will keep you updated!

Someone over in r/mushroomID suggested these are stinkhorn eggs, possibly Phallus hadriani, and sent me here. I first noticed them about two weeks ago and honestly thought they were rocks because they were just round tan/brown balls sticking out of the soil.
They’re growing in a flower bed beside my house in Summerville, South Carolina. This particular spot stays pretty wet because rainwater falls directly off the roof onto the area. One of them recently split open and has an orange/cream-colored structure emerging from inside.
I’d love to know what species I have and what I can expect it to look like once it fully emerges!

I found stinky squid stinkhorn while looking for mutinus elegans. There were a lot of flies on it before I approached. A lot of Satyrus rugulosus were near it. There was a patch with really tiny satyrus rugulosus fruiting bodies.

1st photo is an egg close to erupting, 2nd photo is a less mature egg. It appears like a small phallus impudicus-like egg with large amounts of gleba around the center white. It looks as though the egg turns more orange as the egg becomes more developed.

Just an interesting first hand experience with the stinkhorn I thought I’d share. This is the place for you to do so too!

After 10 months of looking for stinkhorns, I finally found one besides Phallus Ravenelii, i will make a culture to make sure I never lose the Satyrus rugulosus

+ some photos of my phallus ravenelii from this morning upon seeing that it erupted from its egg.

Where do species of stinkhorns fall on your list?

S Beautiful stinkhorn

A Great Stinkhorn

B Good Stinkhorn

C Okay Stinkhorn

D Ugly Stinkhorn

F Get this Stinkhorn away from me.

Phallus ravenelii, P. impudicus, P. hadriani, P. indusiatus, P. multicolor, Mutinus elegans, M. caninus, M. ravenelii, Satyrus rugulosus, S. rubicundus, S. aurantiacus, Clathrus columnatus, C. archeri, C. ruber, C. crispus, Feel free to add more species to your list

Hello, I am a new mod on r/Stinkhorns and aim to help it grow.

Now, if you check out the player flairs you will see that there are species of stinkhorn that you can add to your display. Choose your favorite stinkhorn! If your favorite stinkhorn isn't on there, leave a comment here or contact me or u/ElectricalTown568.

I just discovered today that my ravenel’s stinkhorn has started fruiting again outside. I was away on vacation for a while and came back yesterday. It had apparently been a rainy summer over here. I will keep you updated on these three eggs, and we will see how they hatch, I saved them because they were being eaten by slugs