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October-March in woody debris, mulch, gardens, & leaf litter in shaded woodlands. In egg-stage, the fungus is a delicacy in some parts of the world, but mature, the smell generally deters any edibility, and is reported to make you rather sick. That's all! Thanks for reading~🍄

in tomatoes and carrots, making for a range of blended orange and red. They're native to the Mediterranean region of Europe, but have since made their way to all six inhabited continents, most likely through the export/import of mulch. Another saprobic, they can be found (cont.)

"the vilest of the stinkhorns." This helps attract flies and insects that help spread the spores, even reportedly found attracting a scarab beetle. The 'cage' lasts roughly 24 hours before collapsing. The pigments giving its color are lycopene and beta-carotene, the same (cont.)

They start as a leathery-skinned 'egg' that is ruptured by the compressed, fast growing spongy fruit body which carries the Gleba, a dark, sticky, smelly spore-rich slime. The fungus emits an odor akin to rotting meat and this one specifically has been described as the (cont.)

Good morning and Spooky Shroom Saturday, chat~ 🍄Today's fanpick fungus is truly something from an alien planet, introducing Clathrus ruber, AKA Basket Cage or Basket Stinkhorn. Cousin to Clathrus archeri, Devil's Fingers, this family of fungi hatch like freaking eggs (cont.)