Aseroe rubra

1 Anemone Stinkhorn at Bawley Point, NSW

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Identification history

	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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Location information

Coordinates 150.401914 -35.522833
Altitude 20.8m
Maps Murramarang Aboriginal Area
Places Bawley Point, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
4 Oct 2020 01:50 PM Recorded on
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GLemann South Coast NatureMapr Aseroe rubra Stinkhorns, radiating arms atop a stem Stinkhorns: with a smelly, brownish spore slime Fungi

Species information

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