Rare fungus in Gower

[County4x4]

From the BBC news site:

 

BBC News - Rare smelly fungus found in Gower

 

Andy

[David Humphries]

Interesting post Andy, thanks for flicking it up.

 

Fungal Record data base has 149 records of it over a very wide range of sites across the Uk from the Channel Islands, Cornwall, Essex, Ireland, Scotland etc......but there doesn't appear to be any from Wales as the news item suggests.

 

Suprised about that as it's not particularly found far away.

 

Personally I've never come across it, but have seen one of the the other Clathrus species (archeri), though that was in Spain.

 

I think someone else from the site has seen it & posted it up before.

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ive wanted to see this cage fungus so bad!

 

bizzar fruit

[alliaria]

Saw the very same one in september? I,ve tried to register the find but some mother got there the day before,,,c,est la vie as they say in mumbles.