lots of others nearby, in a kind of stinky area of the park
Black Witches' Butter (Exidia glandulosa)?
24 July 2020
Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center (CCNHC)
Denton, Denton County, Texas
Found in residential backyard garden, within one year old mulch around a plant of unknown name. Three large patches of the stinkhorns with possibly hundreds of eggs just under the visible surface of the mulch. Smells rather fecal or body odor and definitely had flies attracted all over the mature parts. Two of the provided pictures were 8am; the eggs in the ground photo were 4:30pm: the cut mushroom photos were 8pm.