Cage stinkhorn (91/2613)
A native basket fungus emerging from forest leaf litter. The brown spore mass, or gleba, smells like rotting meat which attracts flies that then disperse the spores.
- Scientific name
- Clathrus chrysomycelinus
- Common names
- Cage stinkhorn, basket fungus
- Location
- Pirongia, Waikato, New Zealand
- Photo ID
- 27294
- Tags
- Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Clathraceae, Clathrus chrysomycelinus, New Zealand, North Island, Otorohanga District, Phallales, Phalles, Waikato Region
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