Seen on a visit to the Woodland Trust’s Himley Plantation over the weekend, common stinkhorns. Quite a few others making their presence felt by their smell, but hidden in the undergrowth.
The tip of the fungus is normally a sticky brown layer which has the spores, usually a darker colour than the “egg” the fruiting bodies emerges from. Although these specimens looked fresh, the spore-containing layer may have been washed off by the overnight rain.