Fun fact: radishes in Italian are called "ravanelli"...the mushroom taste like radishes and its called ravenelii... coincidence?

I'm thinking I'll probably just have a plate of the wood chips... plain.

If they produce a slime even when cooked, that means that they can likely be used to thicken any liquids they're cooked in. You could probably chop them up and put them in a pot roast and thicken the gravy with the proteins from the mushrooms while giving the gravy some radish flavor.

Found them growing in landscape mulch. Not only did it smell rank, it had a definite phallic appearance. I showed it to my elderly neighbor and she said, “well, I ain’t seen one of those in a long time.” She’s since gone, but I still chuckle when I think about it.

Very informative, thank you. Weird how in Italian radish translates to 'ravanello', the fungus' name is basically a self-fulfilling prophecy of its taste

I've had bridal veil stinkhorns a lot dried and in soup, its a chinese delicacy known more commonly as bamboo pith, despite it being a mushroom! They dry them and soak them once they've bloomed.

Just dropping in to say how much I love these videos! The amount of knowledge in this man's head is astronomical.

(ugh!) well, thanks for "taking one for the team": trying them out & letting us know how it went >gag< now we don't have to! lol I am glad you posted this video, as I discovered a few of these growing from a tree stump in a nearby park a couple of weeks ago. I guessed it was some type of stinkhorn, but otherwise had no real idea. of course I was curious. Now I know. Another superb video!

I kinda wish I would have tried them. I had a bunch of these growing in the wood chips in my yard this year too. Something about the rotting smell coming from something that looks like a bloodless part of the male anatomy sorta turns me off. :D

Hi everyone! I am one of the hundreds in my town who preserve these fallus revenellii in sugar or honey or vodka and then use as medicine. They are expensive on our local market and some people go picking them as seasonal income. Like your content! I am from Ukraine.

Once again thanks for the info and awareness. I appreciate how you approached this with different methods of cooking. Very thorough. Love your sense of adventure and curiousity.

Thank you for going there with the different ways to cook them and to actually ingest them. I wish I could have seen your face when you opened your fridge the next morning. 😊 I just wouldn't have guessed that they would have a radish flavor.

Brave man. Quite the in-depth comparison. Love it. Nice that you’re rockin’ the cast iron, too.

I have found Stinkhorns before... But I've never tried to eat their eggs. And I don't know if I ever will, even after watching your experience, a lot of cooking variations... 👌

Thanks for taking one for the team, Adam LOL!

Adam, your mushroom videos are outstanding, esp. this one on stinkhorns - well-researched, well-spoken, great photos (gorgeous baby amanitas), experiments in cooking! Thank you!!

I love the way you describe everything...so precise and in depth!! If I were teaching mycology, I would have my students watch your videos as a supplement to the lessons. Thanks, again, Dr. H.! (funny phrases: "stiff competition" at end of video, when comparing stinkhorns to other fungi as food. ha)

I’d love to walk the woods and learn from you for a weekend. Your understanding and knowledge is priceless

thank you so much for this video, yesterday my 9 year old daughter and I watched this entire video together. well, today after school she went outside to play while I sat downstairs watching youtube. shortly after, i heard her come busting through the house, my first thought was that she got hurt but quickly i could hear in her voice that it was excitement and before she made it down the stairs she was shouting that she found stinkhorns! so i followed her outside and sure enough she was right, and they look exactly like those in the video, however we didnt find any eggs. thanks for the video and education!

I was fighting back laughing the whole time. Great video. Part of me wanted them to be disgusting just to see the look on your face, but I’m glad they turned out ok. Lol.

So, psilocybin saved my life a year ago (Depression, addiction, lose of purpose) and just recently I've become a mushroom photographer/ researcher. I saw these penis' growing under a tree in my front yard some time ago and gave it its due diligence. Your video is the first I watched on consuming them. Glad I did ☺. I took a 6th approach to your methods. I air fried them with spinkles on Himalayan salt on 360° for 6-7 minutes, and wallah! It dried the slimy texture yet left the center soft and juicy. My ONLY regret is that only 3-6 phallus grow every 2 weeks!. It was a nice treat especially since it's my first time taking chance on a wild non-hallucinating edible. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. You've made me a new shroom cook through your contribution. Peace and more peace ✌🏾

Hi Adam. I found one of these last year and was surprised by it, never having seen one before. I hoped it would come back this year. It didn't. But I will keep watching for it in years to come. Love your videos (just watch the woodpecker one yesterday, so good). Thanks. 🍄🥚

Oh my god my neighbors property is loaded with this mushroom and I just found some in our yard! Looking forward to watching THIS video! 😊🌱

Good video. I really appreciate you trying this out and putting it out there, for us to see... I can see why and how you thought this. This is your gig, you want to be able to be knowledgeable. Nothing better than getting this experience under your belt.

Right balance of informative and entertaining. Much appreciated.

LMAO. Adam, you are the coolest guy ever.

Amazing. I’m just cooking mine (frying in butter, salt and pep). Thanks for showing all your phenomenal experimentation methods!

Thank you I love learning about wild edibles.

I love this guy!! Me, still too chicken to even try a wild mushroom and here he is, walking on the super wild side. Brave brave soul that you are, thank you for sharing your experience.

Adam, I found some here in Ontario and I was tempted to ingest. Maybe next time lol

Love your videos. And I just scored a whole set of the same mushroom canisters, a huge cookie jar, and four coffee mugs just like yours for $40.

I always get so excited when you drop a new video! Thank you Adam for ‘giving it a shot’ and sharing your experience with us 😁

The title of this video sounds like Dr. Seuss book.

I have some of those growing in our mulch this year and loved that you covered it. I would have never tried that myself. Thanks for a great video.

"But if I never have the opportunity to eat them again, I think I'll be okay" = the most eloquent way to word it

Nice! Thank you! I saw some today and am planning to go harvest them tomorrow to cook them. Thank you for all your tips! 🤗

well, that was kinda fun! thanks🍄

THIS is the very definition of DEDICATED. "You are a Trooper!"

I've eaten the stipes of emerged (but not rotten) adult stinkhorns (P. duplicatus, P. ravenelii, P. impudicus) with the gleba (cap) cut off. I add them to Thai-style soups, they have a strong, radish-like flavor and a delicate spongy texture.

When I found my first stinkhorn, I was reminded of Munster cheese and then wondered what the taste was that would keep the flys coming back, so I scooped the slim on my finger and gave it a taste..wow ,didn't expect that..it tasted like I dipped my finger into the sugar bowl..sweet...

Your kitchen makes me smile.

Here in NZ we occasionally eat the 'eggs' of Ileodictyon cibarium a stinkhorn/basket fungus

The politest way to say they weren't that great.

Awesome. You can walk the walk and talk the talk. I'm currently taking your online course and am really enjoying it. I've recently found so many summer and fall mushrooms because of your online course. I'm currently making a double extract tincture of lions mane. My wife's family has a history of Alzheimer's and the cognitive possibilities of lions mane is very hopeful. I've found so many lions mane (Hericium) here in Va. We're excited about the possibilities and love your enthusiasm. Thanks.... 🍄

So if you're in Western Pennsylvania, do you know Liz Lynch? She's a certified permaculturist and foraging expert, and the mother of my youngest child. I live in Greenfield, and I'm in the process of launching a charity that builds beautiful raised bed art gardens for free. I've been doing this informally for several years, but now I'm trying to make it an "officially" recognized organization. If you know anyone in the Pittsburgh area who wants an organic permaculture garden that incorporates hugel elements, but is unable to do the work or invest the time, please let me know. And thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge of mycelia, my favorite angiogenesis inhibitors. 👍

I really appreciate how thorough you are.

Love your mushroom jars next to the oven. I will score a set one day.

Best video on youtube! Thanks for the laugh and info, Adam!

This reinforces my gut feeling that I’m not hungry enough to bother with them

They even look like a boiled egg on the inside. Aside from that, you are a brave man. Especially after smelling the mature ones. ; )

I found some Phallus rubicundus growing in my garden mulch this year. I didn't think they smelled all that bad, as they reminded me of a strong floral perfume mixed with boiled soup bones. I had accidentally dug up one of the eggs, and I put it back, not wanting to disrupt the mushroom's life cycle. I know that all stinkhorns are nontoxic, and some like the bridal veil are used medicinally, but I didn't know they were straight up edible. If I can gather enough, I'll have to try that. Note that Phallus rubicundus looks a lot like Mutinus elegans, another type of stinkhorn. The difference is that P. rubicundus has a cap that is slightly separated from the stem, kind of like a thimble resting on top, whereas Mutinus have the gleba directly attached to the upper stem.

You are a legend, i have always wondered more about eating these stinkers, if i ever have the opportunity i will have to try this myself.

i love this channel but you've gone to far this time. cheers for another great vid

I love your videos! I have learned so much about the awesome world of fungi by watching them. I would love to see more videos like this on how you cook, dehydrate, store, and/or any other methods for eating and making medicine from mushrooms. Thank you for doing what you. You are a great teacher!

Love this channel!

Adam, you are amazing guy!

This is unbelievable! Haha stinkhorn eggs? I’m mind blown. I can imagine it’s not bad, I mean some people pickle quail eggs and stuff. So cool! Your videos are great!

I heard that stinkhorn eggs are very healthy, the slime from the egg is a great face lotion, so this is how we prepare the stinkhorn: firstly rub the slime over you face secondly eat the rest of the egg raw(like a salad)

You are a brave soul... I love finding stinkhorns though. They are cool and I can deal with the stink.

YOU.ARE.SO.BRAVE!!

Im in love with the jars on your counter lol not being nosey I cant help myself 🍄🤩✌☯️🤣😅😂

Thank you Adam for opening a new horizon. We do have lots of morels here in NE Indiana, but did not search for stinghorn... will try to look for them Adam, did you make a video on Ramps... we have lots of them... lots... Thank you again, and incidently music was so awesome.... very beautiful and fit for that video... a bit of mystery and good flow...

Such a chill video loll!! You my friend are a veryy cool dude.. haha would not be included in top 10, 20, or even 30 haaa. I had no idea they even had eggs

Mature stinkhorn is a highly valued choice edible in East Asia. In the West you can buy them in most Asian supermarkets in dried form.

A very helpful video Adam. Thank you

Hey Adam. I`m in eastern Susquehanna county PA. I have seen about 1 edible mushroom this season. It has been so dry. The season ain`t over yet. We are still getting some mild temps and some needed rain the last month or so. Alot of butter in the pan and cayenne pepper would`ve improved the taste, I bet. Thanks for the inspiring videos. Be well.

Love your videos Adam!

I have a bunch of these out back right now. Found them by trying to find what died. Will keep them in mind in case of necessity.

You've earned my respect, I've eaten frog eggs but I can't even get close to stinkhorns. They give me a headache from yards away.

You have mushroom cookie flower …jars with little mush rooms on them. So cute! It figures.

Mature bridal veil stinkhorn (phallus indusiatus) mushrooms are commonly eaten in asian cuisines, and theyre delicious!

I'm sure you've answered this question possibly through your other videos. I thought I'd ask if you happened to like microdosing psilocybin or if you like psilocybin at all. I know it's a personal question you don't have to get back to me but I wouldn't be into your channel if it wasn't for the psilocybin that brought me into the interest of mushrooms entirely. Your interest and content of this channel is really worth a gander for all to see. Great stuff Adam thanks!!

Thanks for biting the bullet this time, Adam, but I think I'll stick to the more traditional mushrooms. Great video!

🤣🎃 so many ways to say "I ate it, and I now have the t-shirt. Bye-by, Stinkhorn."

I have about 16 common stinkhorns. They also have that slime, which we use as skin mask, we don't throw that away or cook it. The only edible part is the middle, not the slimy part. You can eat it raw or cooked.

I really enjoyed watching this video! Thanks for making it. It gave me a completely unexpected perspective on what's stinking up my garden.

Eric I'm in the Center of Pennsylvania...I'm a Licensed NWCO- Nuisance Wildlife control Operator. 2 years ago I had a Older woman contact me with an issue with Baby Ringneck Snake eggs hatching in her Flower beds. Well, I went and looked around her property, she had killed a Small 6 inch Baby Ringneck Snake about 10 minutes before I got to her house. Well, I didn't find any Snakes or Snake Eggs. I told her if she found anymore, to NOT kill them, take pictures and Call me so I hopefully could go straight to her house and see these snake eggs hatching. About a week later around 8pm, I get a Text Message with 2 Pictures and a Comment "They are Hatching RIGHT NOW AND COMING UP OUT OF THE TAN BARK. " I could not help myself, I busted out laughing and had to explain to my Wife what was so funny. In the Picture was Stinkhorn Mushrooms coming up out of the Tan Bark. 😅

The white stem of mature stinkhorns is definitely worth to try, after removing the cap, cutting the stem into rings and washing thoroughly to remove odour. It doesn't have much taste itself but brings chicken broth/veggie broth to another level plus a crunchy structure. Personally, I prefer the stem to the egg. :) But need to handle with mask on and without any family members around.

I super enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing.

I've tried the eggs of Pallus impudicus (I'm in the UK), which are supposed to be eddible, but there was still a hint of the smell, so decided not worth it.

I found one today, and I think I'll do the first method...thanks Adam..

Thanks Adam

I think it's absolutely valid to cook them with other things to explore which flavors they assume and which other ingredients they impart flavor upon. I've found some things that don't go well together but are decent by themselves. They looked like they might be attractive beside a piece of fish, and baking them might be another great method too. Very interesting video, :)

Consistently great vids and info Adam!

Thanks. you are very knowledgeable. I wish you could go mush hunting with me.

Wow. This was good. You have guts.

This was super interesting, I found some mature ones today and was curious if they were edible because they certainly smelled weird, but to my nose they had a sweet, musty, butterscotch-y odor. I also wonder why you didn't cook them in the standard way you would cook a mushroom, i.e. butter or olive oil sauté (or even a more neutral oil like canola or sunflower) with salt. To me if I were to test flavor, that would be the standard by which I would judge all fungi. I don't think I've ever eaten a dry-sautéed, unsalted mushroom before because that's just not how I learned to cook them. But I did like that you dissected them in different ways to see which parts contributed which flavor or texture.

I’ve only ever eaten pickled stinkhorns. They’re amazing in salads and sauces

I’ve long wondered if you were an eater of the phallus! 😉 I have these growing in my garden beds, in wood chips that I get free from tree trimmer workers. I think they add to the interest of my flowers and bushes. It’s amazing how much they look like human anatomy. I can’t stop staring at them. Good to know I could eat them if I had to. Thank you for increasing my survival knowledge. You add true value to the world.

In China Phallus indusiatus is considered a valuable (used to be scarce) ingredient for cooking! Go to any China town supermarket I bet you'll find dried Phallus indusiatus for sale~

These guys showed up in my Illinois garden this year. Suffice it to say I was intrigued. Too too suggestive. Brought a lot of interest here...maybe next year we'll try the " eggs".Maybe...

Which ones are hallucinogenic? Asking for a friend...

Brave my friend brave!!! 🙂 I love it!!!

It looks a bit gruesome, doesn't it? Thanks for your video Adam!

Excellent video as per usual. I noticed towards the end of the video you mentioned that the stinkhorn egg faces stiff competition with other autumn foods like acorns and other that you said. I would love to see a video of you gathering autumn food like acorns and making a dish from them.

How about trying them deep fried.

This is the content I love to see!

...i gagged a few times because of the visuals. Lol

Slice them the other way. Would have beautiful rings of color and perhaps a slightly different texture when fried. I would love to try them.

Nicely done, keep up the good work