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Thursday 1 May 2014

Octopus Stinkhorn

Here's an outlandish-looking stinkhorn from New Zealand - the octopus stinkhorn. 

Clathrus archeri - Octopus Stinkhorn


Clathrus archeri - Octopus Stinkhorn



Clathrus archeri - Octopus Stinkhorn



Clathrus archeri - Octopus Stinkhorn


2 comments:

Clive said...

The name of this fungus has been in question for sometime. The tips of Clathrus archeri do not split at there ends as does the fungus shown in these photos. A long with other differences.

Wildeep said...

Thanks, Clive - I'd be very interested to hear / read more about this. Is there a name or some references I can look up?