Dog stinkhorn
Mutinus caninus · 狗蛇头菌
Rare鬼笔科❓ Edibility Unknown
Edibility is unknown and should be treated as poisonous.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Stem slender, white, and spongy, tipped orange-red
- Tip bears a dark, foul-smelling spore mass, revealing orange once eaten by flies
- Emerges from a white "egg"; grows in leaf litter and wood chips
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 鬼笔科
- Hymenium
- Gleba
- Grows On
- Leaf Litter
- How Big
- 6–12 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Rare
- Habitat
- Woodland leaf litter and wood chips
Easily Confused With
Common stinkhornStem white and spongy, topped with a slimy olive-green spore capFun Fact
Much smaller and slighter than the common stinkhorn, with just a short cap of orange-red spore slime, and a far milder smell.