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]