[dustractor]

Reminds me of one time when I was hiking during the winter (in Arkansas) and I hiked down into a ravine that was filled with the most amazing smell. I could find no signs of life such as flowers to identify the source. The only thing I could find was a lone mushroom growing on a boulder. Nobody believed me when I told them that I thought the smell was due to a mushroom but it was the only possible thing in that whole valley.

[magneticnorth]

The matsutake smell is said to be like a cross between red hots and gym socks - a very funky, cinnamon-y smell, nothing you'd mistake for flowers.

A lot of mushrooms have strong smells, though, so it's definitely possible!