Mutinus ravenelii

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.

Mutinus ravenelii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Phallales
Family:	Phallaceae
Genus:	Mutinus
Species:	M. ravenelii
Binomial name
Mutinus ravenelii (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) E.Fisch. (1888)
Synonyms[1]
Corynites ravenelii Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1853) Ithyphallus ravenelii (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) E.Fisch (1886) Dictyophora ravenelii (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Burt (1896)

Mutinus ravenelii Mycological characteristics
	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

Edibility

'Eggs' (white) and fertile portions (pink) of Mutinus ravenelii

The 'eggs' of Mutinus ravenelii are edible while the adult fungus itself is not yet known to be edible.^[3]