Red fingers
Description:
Phallaceae Colus pusillusBasidiomycetes (Puffballs and others)We found two of these today. They are a fungus which emerges from an egg like jelly substance. You can see it at the base of the 'fingers'. The fungi is found in sand and is a decomposer. Often smells like rotting flesh or faeces to attract flies that spread the spores.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Nucletmycea
- Fungi (mushrooms, lichens, molds, yeasts and relatives)
- Dikarya
- Basidiomycota (basidiomycete fungi)
- Agaricomycetes (Mushroom-Forming Fungi)
- Phallales
- Phallaceae (stinkhorn fungi)
- Colus
- Colus pusillus
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