Common stinkhorn
Phallus impudicus · 白鬼笔
Occasional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 white and spongy, topped with a slimy olive-green spore cap
- Has a strong carrion smell that attracts flies
- Emerges from a white "egg", maturing within hours
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
- 10–25 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Occasional
- Habitat
- Woodland humus and wood chips
Easily Confused With
Veiled ladyStem white and spongy, topped with a foul-smelling olive-green spore cap
Dog stinkhornStem slender, white, and spongy, tipped orange-redFun Fact
The blackish-green slime on its tip smells like rotting flesh, drawing flies that carry its spores away — it has outsourced pollination to flies.