Strange Fungi ID please

darkstar

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• Jun 9, 2009

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Found this very unusual fungi growing out of one of my mulch beds.
What the heck is it?
The heat made it dissapear.

 

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Paul B

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• Jun 9, 2009

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some sort of stinkhorn?

 

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It certainly is a provocative looking little fellow.

 

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I'm with Paul. Looks to be sorta similar to this.........

 

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darkstar

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Scary looking ,on the top bit you can see it has alot of wet mud/dirt on it.
Im assuming it formed flat and then as it went up it pulled the mud up.
Never see anything like this around these parts.

 

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http://www.mushroomexpert.com/mutinus_elegans.html
Aww hawww