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Weird fungus Weird huh! Found in Wilderness, South Africa Clathrus archeri,Fungi,Geotagged,Octopus Stinkhorn,South Africa,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

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''Clathrus archeri'' , commonly known as Octopus Stinkhorn, is indigenous to Australia and Tasmania and an introduced species in Europe and North America. The young fungus erupts from a suberumpent egg by forming into four to seven elongated slender arms initially erect and attached at the top. The arms then unfold to reveal a pinkish-red interior covered with a dark-olive spore-containing gleba. In maturity it smells of putrid flesh.

Similar species: Phallales
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Oct 22, 2012. Captured Mar 1, 2007 14:02 in Unnamed Road, South Africa.
  • Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
  • f/4.5
  • 1/15s
  • ISO100
  • 31mm