Aseroe rubra

1 Anemone Stinkhorn at Bawley Point, NSW

Aseroe rubra at Bawley Point, NSW - 4 Oct 2020 01:50 PM
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Aseroe rubra 6 Oct 2020 Pam
Aseroe rubra 6 Oct 2020 GLemann

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Pam wrote:
   6 Oct 2020
This 'stinkhorn' was the first fungus to be described from Australia. It was recorded on 1 May 1792 from Recherche Bay in Tasmania, just south of Hobart by Labillardiere. The olive-brown slime is the spore mass that is eaten by flys and other insectes which disperse the spores. There appears to be a fair amount of variation within this species. Rangeing from rather delicate forms to the more robust ones like the example you have uploaded. They are saprotrophic (decomposers) and often found in wood mulch.

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  • Aseroe rubra Scientific name
  • Anemone Stinkhorn Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1787m Recorded at altitude
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