Two of these things have sprung up in a shaded area in our yard and are grotesque! They look like a carrot-like penis (complete with a hole in the tip) and have a slimy olive-brown mantle. Should we call the DHS or what? thanks. Jim Hyer
At least it's not Phallus impudicus (the common stinkhorn over here, which looks even more like . . . ) http://www.fred-lang.de/pilze.html http://bilder.vgb.no/8125/img_44cccff8ce9bb.jpg