The first visible form is that of small, round, white to purple “eggs” that you might find in masses while digging in the soil. From this immature stage, stinkhorn mushrooms grow rapidly ...

If you can get past the smell, stinkhorn mushrooms are ... Try the Chinese pistachio When these mushrooms develop, the immature fungi appear as an egg-shaped mass and then mature rapidly.

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