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13/05/2008, 21:19 odile Joined on 09/05/2008 Posts 139 Re: Weird toadstool definitely a stink horn and NOT a black morille! Not edlible, please don't try. by the way morilles ARE delicious but very poisonous if eaten raw.    Report

13/05/2008, 22:23 Jonzjob Joined on 23/08/2004 Nr Carcassonne, 11 Posts 2,533 Re: Weird toadstool Looks like a bit of a phalicie to me?? John. The only difference between the men & the boys is the size & the shape & the price of their toys!!    Report

13/05/2008, 22:34 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 616 Re: Weird toadstool  Jonzjob wrote: Looks like a bit of a phalicie to me?? Looks like something from Ann Summers to me Jackie At least with a spell-checker I can appear somewhat educated!    Report

14/05/2008, 8:24 Jonzjob Joined on 23/08/2004 Nr Carcassonne, 11 Posts 2,533 Re: Weird toadstool Who's Ann Summers. I too have lead a VERY sheltered life !! John. The only difference between the men & the boys is the size & the shape & the price of their toys!!    Report

14/05/2008, 9:35 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 616 Re: Weird toadstool  Jonzjob wrote: Who's Ann Summers. I too have lead a VERY sheltered life !! Come on JJ I'm sure you can use google the same as me! Jackie At least with a spell-checker I can appear somewhat educated!    Report

14/05/2008, 10:42 Jonzjob Joined on 23/08/2004 Nr Carcassonne, 11 Posts 2,533 Re: Weird toadstool I do like ceps!! John. The only difference between the men & the boys is the size & the shape & the price of their toys!!    Report

14/05/2008, 13:52 Weedon Joined on 23/08/2004 Laval (53) Posts 1,136 Re: Weird toadstool Another day in the life of  a S..H Fungi on the other side of the tree.      Report

14/05/2008, 15:24 Pixie Toadstool Joined on 11/09/2007 Manche/Hampshire Posts 70 Re: Weird toadstool  odile wrote: definitely a stink horn and NOT a black morille! Not edlible, please don't try. by the way morilles ARE delicious but very poisonous if eaten raw. Actually the egg stage, as I said, is edible, according to Roger Phillips' website, as follows: location: North America, Europe edibility: Inedible fungus colour: White to cream, Black or blackish normal size: 5-15cm cap type: Other stem type: Volva on stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Mushroom slimy or sticky spore colour: Light to dark brown habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground Phallus impudicus Pers. syn. Ithyphallus impudicus (L.) Fr. Gemeine Stinkmorchel Phallus Impudique, Satyre puant, Oeuf du diable, Stinkhorn. Fruit body initially semi-submerged and covered by leaf-litter, egg-like, 3–6cm across, attached to substrate by a cord-like mycelial strand. The outer wall of the egg is white to pinkish but there is a thick gelatinous middle layer held between the membranous inner and outer layers. The egg is soon ruptured, as the white hollow stalk-like receptacle extends to 10–25cm high, the pendulous, bell-shaped head is covered by a meshwork of raised ribs covered in dark olive slime which contains the spores. This slime has a strong sickly offensive smell which attracts flies from large distances, the slime sticks to the legs of the flies and thus acts as a means of spore dispersal which takes place very rapidly, exposing the underlying mesh of the cap. Spores pale yellow, oblong, 3.5–4 x 1.5–2µ. Habitat associated with rotting wood which may be buried in the soil, in gardens and woodland. Season summer to late autumn. Very common. The egg stage, which lacks the disgusting smell, is edible though not tasty; it is said to be an aphrodisiac presumably through association with its phallic shape. Pix    Report

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