On December 18, right at our front door entrance Pieter did show me this perfect Phallus impudicus or Stinkhorn.
There are other mushrooms growing nearby.
And in reply to some questions: YES it stinks and has a very foul odor.
On this video you can see how some of these many Phallus species mature, bursting open and releasing their foul odor to attract flies, that will carry their sticky spores...
Dictyophora duplicata and Phallus ravenelii, stinkhorn mushrooms ←just click the link.
The beginning of this Phallus mushroom, a kind of egg form, is considered a delicacy however!
You can see that here in this video: The Common Stinkhorn, Phallus impudicus ←click it.
Yep, just next to the walkway leading up the steps to our front door!
Mushrooms will keep following us for the rest of our lives...
Liebe Mariette,
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lasse ich dir sonnige Grüße hier.
Elisabeth
Dat is een heel bijzondere paddestoel!:)
ReplyDeleteWow, that looks a large mushroom! Stinkhorn is an interesting name. Does it stink?
ReplyDeleteDearest Tamago,
DeleteYou bet it STINKS!
I've added some links where you can find out more about that.
Hugs and happy weekend!
Mariette
Good morning Mariette,
ReplyDeleteWow!! It is first time for me to see such a long mushroom. Looks like a sweet animal is crawling!
I hope you enjoy your day.
Some Mushrooms are very bad that give you very sick for you! I know of in the all of the country.
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Hello Mariette,
ReplyDeleteSo you have those too!
I have to admit they really stink, and species sometimes have a strange way to reproduce and therefore attract insects to spread their spores!
And these mushrooms are quite evocative! LOL!
Warm hugs, keep well and enjoy your weekend :)
pretty amazing. :)
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