Stinkhorns, radiating arms atop a stem
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KylieWaldon
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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
Hi Jackie, yes, good point they are reported as being most common in alpine meadows and woodlands. I haven't looked at the records to confirm this so it's good to get that valuable 'on the ground' data. Many thanks. Pam
Aseroe rubra
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