Interestingly I am trying to collect them for the same reason too. :) If I remember correctly (I'm still trying to verify this), being aroids, they don't have pods, but form fruits. The fruits, which form at the end of the stalk like a thick cluster of grapes, are bright orange/red when mature. The seeds inside are whitish (again, I need to verify this), and there are a few in each fruit. The fruits should form from those diamond-shaped features on the very immature seed stalk heads.

The problem is that they are very much loved by wildlife, and the bright red colour really attracts them. I've also found that many of the immature stalks have been chewed by some very hungry critters. The ones I've seen this year are nowhere near ready yet. I don't know how long their shelf-life is, so I would probably ship the whole berries, rather than taking the seeds out first, which would protect the viability of the seeds more. Make sure you package them in a way that discourages mold and fungi from forming. Good luck.

Try asking in the aroid forum too. They should be able to give you better info than I can.

Whoops. Just found that the berries are green to reddish (assuming you are speaking about lysichiton), embedded in the spike, with one or two grey to reddish brown seeds inside.

Dear Magus,

I posted a photo in the Aroid gallery. These are the fruits of Symplocarpus foetidus also know as Eastern skunk cabbage.

Thank you for your help.

Chervil2

I would love to try skunk cabbage seeds. What would you want to trade?