What’s that smell? You might have stinkhorn mushrooms if you catch a whiff of something putrid in the garden and notice some funky fungi growing out of the mulch. But although they look weird ...

A mysterious yellow stalk, smelling of rotten flesh, has sprouted in residents’ back yards and around Mackay CBD.

Clathus ruber, which is also known as lattice stinkhorn, was discovered at Greenway National Trust in Devon by a visitor. Dick Makin saw the red fungus and noticed its "overpowering smell", the ...

Read more: Find out why these toadstools are jewels in the grass The 'lattice stinkhorn' has a smell similar to rotting meat, which attracts flies to spread its spores. Colin Pope, of the Isle of ...