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| Aseroe Rubra emerging from the palm mulch |
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| The fruiting body "hatches" |
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| I love the translucent jelly with the spiralling membranes! |
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| Apparently the brown slime smells like rotten flesh... |
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| Flies are attracted to it and spread the spores |
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| I like the fact that it adds colour in the winter garden |
I found these lurking in the palm mulch: just the occasional one at first, but in the cooler weather they're popping up all over the place. A quick search of Australian mycology websites revealed that they are a common stinkhorn called Aseroe Rubra. These, and the delicate nests of Cyathia Novae-Zealandaes, are decorating my garden in the cold! Since I don't put my nose up next to them I haven't noticed the alleged stink, and they don't harm the surrounding plants.
1 comment:
Ugh! i can almost smell them from here! Yes, very artistic, but pheeew!
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