Clathrus archeri.Devils fingers. (16725724164)

Description:

Summary[edit] Description: When it come to creepy looking plants, Clathrus archeri has creeps to spare. Commonly known as Devils Fingers (or the rather less scary name of Octopus Stinkhorn), it is a native to Australia and Tasmania, although it has become an introduced species in Europe, North America and Asia. The young fungus erupts from a partly buried white ball known as a suberumpent egg by forming into four to seven elongated slender arms initially erect and attached at the top. The arms then unfold to reveal a pinkish-red interior covered with a dark-olive spore-containing gleba. In maturity it smells of putrid flesh and thereby attract flies which unwittingly spread the spores and therefore proliferate the species. Date: 27 March 2011, 14:29. Source: Clathrus archeri.Devils fingers.. Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location43° 27′ 00.64″ S, 172° 36′ 21.16″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-43.450177; 172.605879.