Stinkhorns are primarily found in wooded areas, gardens, and grasslands, often emerging from decaying organic matter like leaf litter or wood mulch. They thrive in damp environments and can appear in both temperate and tropical regions worldwide. Their distinctive, foul-smelling fruiting bodies attract insects, which help disperse their spores.
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Latticed stinkhorn is a form of fungus. This fungus feeds off decaying woody plant material and is found on garden soil, grassy places, and in mulches.
You can stir fry it. I boiled some and eat it.
It is commonly known as the 'dune stinkhorn'.
It is possible that the orange wiffle ball-shaped fungus in your backyard is a stinkhorn fungus, known for its foul smell resembling rotting flesh. Stinkhorns attract insects that help disperse its spores. The strong odor can be off-putting and cause a reaction such as nausea or vomiting in some people.
It's a smelly fungus. A picture of Clathrus columnatuscan be see and more information can be had by using the link provided.
Morel, stinkhorn, veiled lady, shitake, blue Lactarius, death cap, enoki, oyster and button.
The answer is Ceratophyllum demersum.
A netted stinkhorn is a disgusting smelling, capless mushroom that generally grows out of compost or wet mulch. They are not poisonous and are edible, but they are so hideous and stinky that I can't imagine how or why anyone would care to put it anywhere near their mouth. They actually look like a large penis sprouting from the ground. Dreadful!
That sounds like a stinkhorn mushroom.
Aseroe rubra, or anemone stinkhorn, is a basidiomycete fungus . It released a foul odor and looks like a red anemone when mature.