Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Corralitas Drive: Stinkhorn Fungus

Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 6, 2011. Stinkhorn Fungus looks and smells like rotting meat, attracting flies for pollination. It sprang up overnight. At first, I thought it was a bone sticking out of the brick patio. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 6, 2011. By 1 PM the fungus had dried up. Read more about the variety of Stinkhorn Fungi on MushroomExpert.com and Wikipedia. (Click on photo to enlarge.)