Mutinus ravenelii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Phallales |
Family: | Phallaceae |
Genus: | Mutinus |
Species: | M. ravenelii
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Binomial name | |
Mutinus ravenelii | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Corynites ravenelii Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1853) |
Mutinus ravenelii | |
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Smooth hymenium | |
Hymenium attachment is not applicable | |
Stipe has a volva | |
Spore print is blackish-brown to brown | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is edible but not recommended |
Mutinus ravenelii, or Ravenel's red stinkhorn, [2] is a species of fungus that is often confused with M. elegans and M. caninus. M. ravenelii is a member of the Phallaceae (stinkhorn) family.
The 'eggs' of Mutinus ravenelii are edible while the adult fungus itself is not yet known to be edible. [3]