Stinkhorns: with a smelly, brownish spore slime
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KylieWaldon
wrote:
19 Dec 2021
Saw one of this at Merimbula market this morning - at the base of a tree with very similar chips of wood around it!
Aseroe rubra
AaronClausen
wrote:
7 Dec 2021
It had some flies on it and there were a few other specimens near this one.
Aseroe rubra
Pam
wrote:
10 Nov 2020
The Aseroe rubra is an historically significant fungus as it was the first fungus collected and described from Australia. It was recorded on 1 May 1792 from Recherche Bay in Tasmania, just south of Hobart by Labillardiere.
This fungus is a decomposer (saprotroph) in that it breaks down dead organic matter and recycles the nutrients back into the substrate it is growing in to be available for plants growing there. The olive green/brown slime in the centre of the fungus is the spore mass. Insects, in particular flys eat this smelly substance and disperse the spores. Sometimes you will see the fungus without any of this spore mass because the insects have eaten it all!! Yum......if you're an insect that is, not for people.
This fungus is a decomposer (saprotroph) in that it breaks down dead organic matter and recycles the nutrients back into the substrate it is growing in to be available for plants growing there. The olive green/brown slime in the centre of the fungus is the spore mass. Insects, in particular flys eat this smelly substance and disperse the spores. Sometimes you will see the fungus without any of this spore mass because the insects have eaten it all!! Yum......if you're an insect that is, not for people.
Aseroe rubra
Pam
wrote:
24 Oct 2020
Your identification has been confirmed. The thing that I found interesting/confusing is that this species has a hollow stalk and the tip of the fungus usually presents as a circular hole, which in this case seems solid!! Life has many a conundrum - which of course makes life interesting!! Good record. Not surprised it had collapsed as they don't tend to last for very long particularly with a bit of rain......
Phallus rubicundus
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