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Clathrus columnatus
Orangey-red spongy arms with a slimy greenish-black spore coating the inside. Foul smelling to attract insects to spread the spores. The white stuff on the top is tissue left from the "egg" from which these fungus arise.
Found growing in leaf litter under a very large Live Oak.
One of the coolest fungi I have seen in a while.
Spotted on Nov 23, 2012
Submitted on Dec 3, 2012
3 Comments
Cool! Unique spotting!
This is really cool! I was kept away from taking further photographs of the one I found because of the smell! You were braver than me...mine still had that slimy greenish-black spore coating the inside and it was nasty! :)
Wicked!