hope it's ok ... I'm not from UK and just want to share my find ...

nereid · #1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2010, 10:58 AM

Hope I haven't missed any rule about non-UK residents not being allowed to use this site!
I came across Wild About Britain whilst searching for a place to post pics of the fungus I discovered today in my garden ... I do hope someone will know what it is ...

P.S.
I AM wild about Britain!

ladyhawk · #2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2010, 11:11 AM

Looks like a Stink- Horn, not to sure though

cybershot · #3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2010, 12:03 PM

It's Ok by me, and what an amazing exotic specimen which I hazard to guess that ladyhawk is close to ID'ing but pinning it down further to species may be somewhat more taxing. I recently had the opportunity to have a short, sharp foray at Storm River Mouth, Plettenberg Bay whilst on holiday in South Africa recently: Foray in South Africa (1) - Wild About The World

Hope someone can help you and Welcome to WAB and hope someone can help you.

David

P.S. Aseröe rubra could be a contender:

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/aseroe_rubra.html

Andy Overall · #4 (**permalink**) 01-05-2010, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by nereid

Hope I haven't missed any rule about non-UK residents not being allowed to use this site!
I came across Wild About Britain whilst searching for a place to post pics of the fungus I discovered today in my garden ... I do hope someone will know what it is ...

P.S.
I AM wild about Britain!

Hello Neried,

More than welcome. You most definitely have a species belonging to the Phallaceae family, though which species is more difficult. I haven't actually seen any looking like that before. The closest here would be Clathrus archeri which is rare and has been introduced from either Australia, New Zealand or even Tasmania. You probably have a different species but it could be worth a little detective work on your part. I would be interested to see what you may come up with. Good luck.

Andy

PMG · #5 (**permalink**) 01-05-2010, 12:24 PM

Cor! I wouldn't mind tripping over that here in England - what a crcking looking thing it is!

Ditiola · #6 (**permalink**) 01-05-2010, 06:18 PM

Hi
An amazing fungus

The closest I can find is Lysurus corallocephalus

Have a look at: Lysurus corallocephalus (MushroomExpert.Com)

Peter

Andy Overall · #7 (**permalink**) 01-05-2010, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ditiola

Hi
An amazing fungus

The closest I can find is Lysurus corallocephalus

Have a look at: Lysurus corallocephalus (MushroomExpert.Com)

Peter

Well found Peter, did you know of this species anyway? I think that it is definitely the one.

Andy

Ditiola · #8 (**permalink**) 01-05-2010, 06:31 PM

Andy
Not particularly

I find these fungi fascinating and I have a copy of Clathracea by DM Dring, however the line drawing of this species in this book is very poor so I searched Google images to find a photo.

Peter

FungiJohn · #9 (**permalink**) 01-05-2010, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by PMG

Cor! I wouldn't mind tripping over that here in England - what a crcking looking thing it is!

You should have said Pauline. We have loads of these growing by the morels

Welcome to WAB Neried and thank you for sharing such an interesting fungus.

John

nereid · #10 (**permalink**) 02-05-2010, 06:40 AM

Woo-hoo! Thank you Peter ... I see on the Gbif.org site there's only one record entered, of a find in Mauritius. The GPS co-ords of this little beauty are:GPS S26.96032 / E032.81429. The physical location would be Kosi Moon, in the KwaMazambane area of Kosi Bay, Maputaland, north eastern KwaZuluNatal, South Africa!