Ileodictyon gracile
Smooth Cage at Guerilla Bay, NSW
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| Ileodictyon gracile | 13 Jun 2020 | Pam | ||
| Unverified | 6 Jun 2020 | Davidwylie |
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User's notes
Lattice or Basket Fungus. When fresh was covered with a brown slime. When dislodged, it sprang up, like a curled up dancer suddenly leaping and forming a football shape. The first 5 people shown it, said it was the remains of a football for it looked like a plastic netting.
3 comments
Pam
wrote:
13 Jun 2020
Nothing like an entertaining fungus!! It can be such a surprise when these spring out of the ground at you. Good description of what they look like.
Davidwylie
wrote:
13 Jun 2020
Thank you, Pam. Virginia Greasley, Lyndall’s neighbour. She encouraged me to register it. I’ve sent the photo as a mystery, around the world. A Norwegian friend recognised it, saying she had seen them there. A friend in Sydney thought it would be fungal, though I gave no indication it was even a plant. Thanks for your encouragement.
Pam
wrote:
14 Jun 2020
This genus is such fun particularly if they appear unexpectedly in front of you! Enjoy your foraying.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.224635-35.826883
- Places Guerilla Bay, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 2 Jun 2020 07:34 AM Recorded on
- Davidwylie Recorded by
Collections
- Davidwylie South Coast NatureMapr Ileodictyon gracile Stinkhorns, cage-like Stinkhorns: with a smelly, brownish spore slime Fungi
Species information
- Ileodictyon gracile Scientific name
- Smooth Cage Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 814.63m Recorded at altitude