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Lysurus mokusin
Found growing in shaded area of lawn.
"Lysurus mokusin combines a fetid odor with a fruiting body that imitates rotting flesh. The deception is irresistible to flies which carry off the olive gleba-bearing spores, helping disperse the species."
Spotted on Sep 11, 2012
Submitted on Jan 24, 2014
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