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Old 02-11-2010, 06:11 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default weird looking mushroom

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Rusty Hinge wrote:

Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus - grows from what looks and feels like a
'soft-shelled' egg (which is edible, but not generally raved-over).


I have tried it. Think vegetable sheep's eyes ....

The horn part of the fungus is also edible, and is collected in France
(where else?), dried, and can be bought for considerable sums in delis.


Interesting.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.