Mutinus ravenelii

Mutinus ravenelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Phallales
Family:	Phallaceae
Genus:	Mutinus
Species:	M. ravenelii
Binomial name
Mutinus ravenelii (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) E.Fisch. (1888)
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
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

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

Edibility

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. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=221051. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 
2. ^ Barron, George. "Mutinus ravenelii at University of Guelph" (in English) (Database). uoguelph.ca. George Barron. pp. 1. http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISCE2002/mutinus.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-15. 

External links

• Mutinus ravenelii in Index Fungorum.

External identifiers for Mutinus ravenelii
EOL	1017321
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