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Mutinus ravenelii (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) E. Fisch., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 7: 13 (1888) Mutinus bambusinus sensu Cooke [Grevillea 17: 17 (1888)]
Cynophallus bambusinus sensu Rea (1922)
Corynites ravenelii Berk. & M.A. Curtis, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 21: 151 (1853) [1852]
Habitat: On soil in gardens, damp deciduous woodland, and also known on heaps of spent tan in old railway sidings.
Notes: Known from England (Cheshire, South Lancashire, Surrey and West Cornwall). Recorded erroneously on several occasions (as Mutinus bambusinus) but is apparently spreading in Europe. Distinguished from M. caninus by the bright carmine-red receptacle and more strongly foetid odour.
Distribution: E: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 81195
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 176
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Læssøe, T., & Spooner, B.M, British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: an account of the Gasteroid Fungi: 1-255 (1995), p. 178, pl. Figs 143/144
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