Stinkhorns and other unique fungi
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Loads of stinkhorns300 viewsThere were over twenty in a very small area- I didn't have a lens that I could get a wide shot with unfortunately
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stinkhorn223 views
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Eyelash fungi206 views
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Green wood cup211 views
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stinkhorn-phallus impudicus203 views
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stinkhorn-phallus impudicus202 views
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stinkhorn-phallus impudicus192 views
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stinkhorn-phallus impudicus190 views
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Eyelash fungi196 views
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stinkhorn-phallus impudicus204 viewssized doesn't matter!!
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stinkhorn-phallus impudicus206 viewsAll the slime stuff has been eaten or more likely after the weather before this was taken, washed off. This doesn't stop the flies being attracted to the foul smell.
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stinkhorn-phallus impudicus207 viewsPretty much finished but still very strong smelling.
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stinkhorn-phallus impudicus209 viewsThis grows from a slimy jelly egg, which is why they are also called witches eggs.
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stinkhorn-phallus impudicus207 viewsThis smells as bad as it looks, a bit like rotten flesh or cabbage. This attracts hoards of flies which eat the grey slime containing the spores, presumably they spread the spore wherever they feed next. This is a one is nearly finished.
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Eyelash fungi277 views
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