‘Mutinus caninus’ [Filler #eleventy-billion … or 26]

I swear I am not making up any of this!
Or “Dog stinkhorn.” In the order “Phallales” and family “Phallaceae.” This particular species was Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for October 2006: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/oct2006.html

From Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutinus_caninus » “Mutinus caninus, commonly known as the dog stinkhorn, is a small thin, phallus-shaped woodland fungus, with a dark tip. It is often found growing in small groups on wood debris, or in leaf litter, during summer and autumn in Europe, Asia, and eastern North America.”

Photographed in a garden in front of our house.

This photo at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Phallaceae_Mutinus_caninus_115716.html

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Mutinus_caninus&rank=binomial

1 year ago (“Sigh: just keep Tuesdays open…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-11-10
2 years ago (“Small progress, but progress”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-11-10
3 years ago (“Day 1 of Captivity. Reflections & refractions”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-11-10
4 years ago (“Last butterfly of the year…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-11-10
5 years ago (“Of hearth and home…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-11-10

[ IMG_3597S9x12Atm :: f/2.8 :: 1/30" :: ISO-200 :: 51mm ]