Mutinus caninus (Pers.) Fr.Hundsrute, Phallus de Chien, Satyre des cheins, Dog Stinkhorn. Fruit body initially a semi-submerged eggs as in Phallus impudicus but much smaller, 1–2cm across and more cylindric in shape, whitish-yellow, finally rupturing when the hollow pitted receptacle extends. Stem 10–12cm high, pale yellow-buff to bright orange, surmounted by the narrow conical orange-red head covered in dark olive slime which contains the spores and has a very slight sickly smell. Spores pale yellow, oblong, 4–5 x 1.5–2µ. Habitat in leaf litter in woods. Season summer to late autumn. Occasional. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.