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Podaxis sp.
Fungus growing out of termite mound.
Open sourveld grassland.
Observed in Malolotja Nature Reserve.
Spotted on Mar 15, 2007
Submitted on Apr 18, 2014
3 Comments
It looks like it is most likely one of the Podaxis species, but possibly not P. pistillaris, which is a ground-inhabiting species, rather than being associated with termite mounds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podaxis
http://www.ispot.org.za/node/142374
Thanks, EduHerNav, I will investigate these further.
I have two ideas: it is an immature Termitomyces or is a Podaxis pistillaris.