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Stinky Squid - Pseudocolus fusiformis Orange fruiting body that consisted of 3 tapering arms that were fused at the tips. Volva was gray-white. The gleba covered the inner parts of the arms and was greenish black and slimy. The potent odor of the gleba attracts insects, which help to disperse the spores. <br /> <br /> Habitat: Mixed forest; you smell them before you see them. Geotagged,Pseudocolus fusiformis,Stinky squid,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Stinky Squid - Pseudocolus fusiformis

Orange fruiting body that consisted of 3 tapering arms that were fused at the tips. Volva was gray-white. The gleba covered the inner parts of the arms and was greenish black and slimy. The potent odor of the gleba attracts insects, which help to disperse the spores.

Habitat: Mixed forest; you smell them before you see them.

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    Ernst
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    Stinky squid , please don’t eat it. It is interesting how people come up with common names.
    Amazing fungi.     Posted 5 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      Haha! Common names can be so hilarious. Have you ever perused Ferdy's list? There are some really funny names:
       Posted 5 years ago
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    What a gorgeous little stinky, didn't know they grew in the States. Posted 5 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      Lol, thanks! I don't see this kind that often, so I get excited when I do find them!

      Red stinkhorns are more common where I live:
      Red Stinkhorn This mushroom truly smells much worse than it looks. After all, it's called a "stinkhorn" for a reason. It has a spike-like orange fruiting body with small pockmarks and an olive-brown, gelatinous, stinky spore mass towards the apex, which is called the gleba. The fetid odor of the gleba attracts flies. The gleba sticks to the flies as they feed on it, and the flies then mechanically spread the fungus when they land in different places. In addition, the flies further aid in spore dispersal by frantically sucking up the gleba as they can consume as much as 80 percent of their body weight in stinkhorn gleba daily! This putrid gorging upsets the fly's digestive system, which then enables the spores to quickly make their exit from the fly's hindgut. Fall,Geotagged,Phallus rubicundus,Red Stinkhorn,Red Stinkhorn Fungus,United States,fungi,fungus,mushroom,mycophagy,stinkhorn
       Posted 5 years ago
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        That's the one I've seen in the Netherlands last year. Posted 5 years ago
        1. View Christine Young's profile
          Christine Young
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          They grow in mulch a lot around here. Posted 5 years ago

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The Stinky squid

"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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Similar species: Phallales
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Uploaded Mar 10, 2020. Captured Sep 13, 2019 11:59 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.