Australian and New Zealand Gardening: Strange fungus ID? Coorang penninsula, SA, 1 by kennedyh
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kennedyh wrote: that is the Lattice or Basket Fungus - Ileodictyon cibarium: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/ileodictyon_cibarium.html It is related to the stinkhorns. It first appears looking like a puff-ball, which suddenly bursts open as the basket inside suddenly expands and bursts free, to be blown about on the forest floor releasing and spreading its spores. Here is one I found just after emerging from its shell Kennedy |