Mutinus ravenelii

Mutinus ravenelii is a species of fungus that is often confused with M. elegans and M. caninus. M. ravenelii is a member of the family Phallaceae.

Mutinus ravenelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genus: Mutinus
Species:
M. ravenelii
Binomial name
Mutinus ravenelii
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
float
Mycological characteristics
smooth hymenium
hymenium attachment is not applicable
stipe has a volva
spore print is blackish-brown to brown
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: edible or inedible

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.[2]

References
  1. "Mutinus ravenelii (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) E. Fisch. 1888". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  2. Barron, George. "Mutinus ravenelii at University of Guelph". uoguelph.ca. George Barron. p. 1. Archived from the original (Database) on 2016-12-27. Retrieved 2008-06-15.


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