Mutinus ravenelii
{{Short description|Species of fungus}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Mutinus ravenelii.jpg
| genus = Mutinus
| species = ravenelii
| authority = (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) E.Fisch. (1888)
| synonyms = Corynites ravenelii Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1853)
Ithyphallus ravenelii (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) E.Fisch (1886)
Dictyophora ravenelii (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Burt (1896)
}}
{{mycomorphbox
| name = Mutinus ravenelii
| whichGills = NA
| capShape = NA
| hymeniumType = smooth
| stipeCharacter = volva
| ecologicalType = saprotrophic
| sporePrintColor = blackish-brown
| sporePrintColor2 = brown
| howEdible = edible
| howEdible2 = caution
}}
Mutinus ravenelii, or Ravenel's red stinkhorn,{{NGSWG}} 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.
Edibility
File:Mutinus raveneliiQC01.JPG
The 'eggs' of Mutinus ravenelii are edible while the adult fungus itself is not yet known to be edible.{{cite web
|url= http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISCE2002/mutinus.htm
|title= Mutinus ravenelii at University of Guelph
|accessdate= 2008-06-15
|last= Barron
|first= George
|format= Database
|work= uoguelph.ca
|publisher= George Barron
|pages= 1
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161227205234/http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISCE2002/mutinus.htm
|archive-date= 2016-12-27
|url-status= dead
}}
References
External links
- {{IndexFungorum|221051}}
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Category:Fungi described in 1853
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