
Stinky Squid - Pseudocolus fusiformis
Fruiting body with 3 tapering arms that were fused at the tips. The gleba had mostly eaten up by the flies, but the remaining bits were greenish-black. The potent odor of the gleba attracts insects, which help to disperse the spores. But, this stinkhorn didn't stink since there was little gleba left. I predict a lot of flies are going to have diarrhea tonight.
Habitat: Mixed forest

"Pseudocolus fusiformis" is a stinkhorn mushroom in the Phallaceae, a family well known for a remarkable range of fruit body types. It is the most widely distributed member of the genus "Pseudocolus" and has been found in the United States, Australia, Japan, Java, and the Philippines.
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