Ileodictyon gracile
1 Smooth Cage at Wallaroo, NSW
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| Ileodictyon gracile | Heino1 | 27 Aug 2019 | ||
| Ileodictyon gracile | DonFletcher | 26 Aug 2019 | ||
| Unverified | maura | 26 Aug 2019 |
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User's notes
A friend found the egg while gardening on the weekend. She describes the item as follows:" I found a spongy white egg shaped object and when I carefully pulled it apart this amazing structure unfolded." She went on to say " I cannot find anything like it on the net {ie Internet}. The egg shaped object was soft and cool to touch. I thought it was some kind of reptilian egg also [ I had suggested it might be a reptile egg] and was so surprised when the amazing structure unfolded before my eyes as I tore the casing open. The original casing was a bit over an inch long. Once opened it retained the hexagonal imprints on the inner side".
2 comments
27 Aug 2019
When close to maturity the egg becomes fairly soft. I've had one open very quickly, almost explosively, and another very slowly - so much so that I had to prod it a bit. The first was on a very warm day, the other much cooler. That's suggestive, but from my sample of two I'd not dare claim the opening would always be faster with warmth.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.958745-35.129958
- Places Wallaroo, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Aug 2019 05:00 PM Recorded on
- maura Recorded by
Collections
- maura Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ileodictyon gracile Stinkhorns, cage-like Stinkhorns: with a smelly, brownish spore slime Fungi
Species information
- Ileodictyon gracile Scientific name
- Smooth Cage Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 814.63m Recorded at altitude