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Lantern Stinkhorn

Photo by mrugaju
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found in wet part of my garden hidden under an apple tree.

Notes:

Have always been curious about this fungus as I have seen it on several farms emerging out of now where.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Dan Doucette
Stinkhorns are so cool, this is a great spotting! The ID suggestion sounds right. Welcome to Project Noah. I've spent a few months in Uganda back in 2009, look forward to seeing your spottings from there.
mrugaju
Thnaks Mark, glad to be here, you are also probably right about the stink horn too, Aseroe
Mark Ridgway
It looks quite deliquesced.. could it be Aseroe rubra ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aseroe_rubra
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2022

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