Stinkhorn (mutinus caninus) by bakapo

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Jun 19, 2014

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I just found a patch of these in my yard. here's what I learned: "they are notorious for popping up suddenly and unexpectedly in urban settings... part of the main body, at some stage in development, is covered with a foul-smelling slime which attracts flies... the flies spread the spores from place to place... they are transported by soil, sod, wood chips and trees... they are not poisons." the smell is awful and the flies are disgusting and the shape is, um, rather disturbing in my garden, too. I promptly dug them up! :-) thanks for looking and commenting!

Comments (26)

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

12:12PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

"the shape is, um, rather disturbing" LOL! Without offending, we call these dick mushrooms in the UK :P Nice shot of it Barb!

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eekdog

12:15PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

strange shape, i can only imagine the smell. great shot and info, Barb..

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LivingPixels

12:56PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

Nice shot Barb and additional info well done my friend!!

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1:07PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

Cool!

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adrie

2:09PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

This is a very beautiful macro capture Barb, love it.

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Wolfenshire Online Now!

2:35PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

Very interesting, loved the write up!!

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DennisReed

3:58PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

cool

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claude19

4:22PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

very nice shot ! thanks for comment !

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jeroni

5:20PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

beautiful, love the colors and lighting excellent work

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drifterlee

6:55PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

Cool shot. I never heard of those.

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Faemike55

8:09PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

I've heard of them and yep! all sorts of obscene jokes and be made about them Great capture though

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Richardphotos

8:34PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

I have heard of them but not seen in person(lucky me)! superb macro and quite beautiful except for the odor

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Cyve

10:18AM | Fri, 20 June 2014

Very great shot my friend !!!

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Traumsuse

4:04PM | Fri, 20 June 2014

Was für ein schönes Bild***

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soffy

5:27PM | Fri, 20 June 2014

Uhh I dont like these green disgusting flies and your right the shape is very strange:))) it is a great shot and info,my friend****

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flavia49

7:28PM | Fri, 20 June 2014

nice shot

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three_grrr

8:20PM | Fri, 20 June 2014

If I find these in my garden, I've got my shovel ready. I had to laugh at what they call them in the UK! thanks for the heads-up and the explanation (:

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