swe.: Stinksvamp | nor.: Stanksopp | fin.: Haisusiene | dt.: Stinkmorchel
“And even today, among the uneducated, this morel was thought to be an aphrodisiac.” (Thomas Mann – The Magic Mountain)
Stinkhorn is one of the most (in)famous mushrooms and its name precedes it. The stinkhorn is known for its phallus-like appearance and its distinctive smell, which the fruiting body develops as it grows.
Very few people know that the stinkhorn also has culinary qualities and that the mushroom is highly sought after by connoisseurs. Strictly speaking, insiders are on the hunt for the so-called witch’s egg, the young stage of the stinkhorn in which the fungus is still completely covered by the white paper-like volva.