Posted by David Hare-Scott on May 4, 2010, 6:40 am
Jeßus wrote:
> Found this near the front gate yesterday arvo:
> http://i40.tinypic.com/1045gcp.jpg
> And yes - it certainly does stink :)
> I've done a bit of searching in a bid to identify it, turns out to be
> a fungi.
> Thing is, there seems to be similar looking fungi in a variety of
> genus from what I've read. Is it Aseroe rubra, pseudocolus sp, or
> something else? Most likely the former, I think.
> I'm located in N.E Tas.
> Cheers.
There is another one that I have had grow in the garden that puts up a
single fruiting body that is shades of lurid pink and looks extremely
phallic. I got the spores in a load of bark mulch.
David
Posted by gardenlen on May 4, 2010, 2:55 pm
g'day,
yes the stinkhorns found all over australia as i know it we get them
hee in qld as well, quiet a number of different looking ones come
under that tag, one looks more like a phallus an other looks like a
lobster pot. they are there helping break down organc material in your
garden.
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Matthew 25:13 KJV
len
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> http://i40.tinypic.com/1045gcp.jpg
> And yes - it certainly does stink :)
> I've done a bit of searching in a bid to identify it, turns out to be
> a fungi.
> Thing is, there seems to be similar looking fungi in a variety of
> genus from what I've read. Is it Aseroe rubra, pseudocolus sp, or
> something else? Most likely the former, I think.
> I'm located in N.E Tas.
> Cheers.