Identification: What mushrooms they could be?

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  1. sheheryarnoor

    sheheryarnoor Member

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    I got something like truffles underground,what i have read about truffles on internet they have same features like them,they grow underground in below trees trunk and i have read that where truffle grows an insect like mosquito lives there and lays eggs there,where i got them from an insect like mosquito goes there its color is black
    I have sliced them they look same like truffles externally but internally they look very diff and 2 of them are totally different than each others internally
    Anyone have an idea what they could be
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    saltcedar Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Re: What plants they could be?

    I see what looks like an immature mushroom cap (in cross section) in the second image.
    All truffles I've ever seen have a (more or less)uniform interior texture unlike your specimens.

    http://bushcraftusa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=427620
     
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    Frog Generous Contributor Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    These look like stinkhorn eggs: I suggest letting one of the eggs stay where it is growing naturally and see if something interesting bursts forth.

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    Yup they are stinkhorn eggs ty for telling
    Are they eatable?
     
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    Frog Generous Contributor Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    I've heard that some stinkhorn eggs are eaten, but I don't know what species or how they are prepared.

    The first step would be finding out the specific identity of your specimens. This would probably require examining an adult fruiting body ... But I'm really unfamiliar with stinkhorns as a group: Perhaps for someone more familiar they may be identifiable in egg form.

    I've eaten & enjoyed mature Dictyophora indusiata, but I don't know about the edibility of other stinkhorn species.

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