Stinkhorns, cage-like
The mature fruitbody consists of a spherical, pear-shaped, ellipsoidal or somewhat columnar cage.
Ileodictyon fruitbodies are white. Those of Colus and Pseudocolus are yellow, orange or red.
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TimL
wrote:
3 Jan 2024
Hi Kylie. I think it's the same situation here. These fungi have appeared on chipbark used as a mulch, but so far just in this one location. I've searched the other mulched areas nearby but so far no Craypot Stinkhorns have appeared. Tim
Colus hirudinosus
KylieWaldon
wrote:
3 Jan 2024
One year on southern NSW coast this was distributed when chipbark was used wide and far on street and park trees as mulch - and these came up everywhere from the chipbark. Until then I''d never seen it (or smelt it).
Colus hirudinosus
Heino1
wrote:
6 May 2022
It's not the commonest stinkhorn in Canberra, but it has turned up in a number of suburbs, from north to south.
Ileodictyon gracile
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