Stinkhorn

Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus

Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus

Found in woodlands but also gardens, it is usually identified by it's aroma which has been compared to dead animals and rotten drains. This stench comes from a slime which erupts to release its spores. The smell attracts flies which spread the spores helping it to reproduce.

Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus

The daughter of Charles Darwin, Etty, wanted it removed from the English countryside ‘because of its influence on the maids.’