23 October 2011

Strange Mushroom

Can anyone identify this please

2 comments:

  1. Looking at my reference for fungi " Tom Young's Common Australian Fungi" I think it is likely to be Phallus rubicundus which is one of the foetid fungi with a smell of rotten meat or faeces, to attract flies, as the carriers of the spores.
    Found throughout Oz other than WA & NT.

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  2. Thanks Ian, I was hoping that you may have the answer.

    Your deduction figures as there were a few flies on one of the fungi sticks. I didn't notice any odour.

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