23 July 2010

Red cage fungus looks like a buckyball

Phallaceae > Colus sp (Crabpot Stinkhorn).  Also known as Red Basket or Cage Fungi.  The Phallaceae, or stinkhorns, are a family of basidiomycetes which produce a foul-scented, phallus-shaped mushroom.
Photo credit to Patchouli Patch, via electric orchids.

4 comments:

  1. Marinette van CollerMarch 8, 2012 at 7:28 AM

    Hi there! I recently took a picture in Zambia of a similar looking 'cage fungus' to this one, but not exactly. It is bright yellow and more 'smooth' and transparent looking. I cannot find anything close to this on the internet. Do you perhaps have more info on it?

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    1. MinnesotastanMarch 8, 2012 at 7:52 AM

      More like this one, perhaps? (found on flickr this morning)

      http://www.flickr.com/photos/qoolens/4000997634/

      I personally don't have any additional information. Your best chance for an identification would be to submit the photo to a university department.

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  2. Marinette van CollerMarch 10, 2012 at 4:08 AM

    Thanks! Here is a picture I post on Facebook:

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150854860063989&set=a.10150721175338989.502704.835188988&type=1&theater

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    1. MinnesotastanMarch 10, 2012 at 7:27 AM

      I'm not on Facebook, so can't see the photo, but perhaps another reade will come across it and offer you an identification. :.)

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