Usually it’s possible to find both the good and bad in things. When it comes to the Phallaceae family of fungi, a.k.a. the stinkhorn mushrooms, however, there is only side to the story, and it is ...

I smelled it before I saw it. A single fungus had appeared in my back yard and a stench announced its presence. A green, wrinkled cap oozing slime sat upon a 5-inch stalk. Tiny flies flew around it, ...