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Clathrus ruber.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Basket Stinkhorn
Clathrus ruber.jpg Mushroom
Ref No: 9737
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Clathrus ruber 2. Mushroom
Ref No: 19607
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Clathrus ruber 3 Mushroom
Ref No: 19608
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Red or redish or pink, Orange
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Olivaceous
habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Clathrus ruber Mich.: Pers. Syn. Clathrus cancellatus. Basket Stinkhorn. Fruit body egg shaped, white to greyish at first then the volva bursting open to show a orange-red lattice, 10 x 6cm. spongy and rather brittle in texture, the greenish black spore baring material is on the inside of the lattice, odour, strong, fetid, attractive to flies. The mycelium commonly forms into ‘rooting’ rhizomorphs. Spores 4.5 –5.5 x x2-2.5um olive-brown. Habitat gardens and rubbish heaps. Throughout Europe, rare in the north, reported and seemingly becoming more common in north America. Not edible. The two latest images were sent to me by Sheri from South Florida USA.

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Linda Tanner (United States) - 31 May 2009

Found in my backyard in South Florida between Miami and Ft Lauderdale
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Linda Tanner (United States) - 31 May 2009

Found in south Florida between Miami and Ft Lauderdale in the suburbs.
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Linda Tanner (United States) - 31 May 2009

I found this in my backyard after 10 days of heavy rain.
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Branislav Uzelac (Yugoslavia) - 17 March 2009

photo by Ivica Tonchev from Serbia
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Corry van den Berg (Netherlands) - 08 March 2009

These fungus were found alongside Church Road in the direction of St. Peters Port, Guernsey 2004.
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Tansy Southall (United Kingdom) - 04 October 2008

This was found on Berry Head (Devon) on 04.10.08
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