Had a run in with the devil today...

[sloth]

...well, just his fingers!

Clathrus archeri, absolutely chuffed to bits found by the lakes at Colchester zoo, in mulch under bamboo, willow and birch within rooting distance. There were about 10-15 open ones, and another 10-15 eggs emerging, as can be seen in the pics. The brown stuff is the spore mass, similar to stink horn, although these didn't seem to have an odour.

Edited October 17, 2013 by Amelanchier
ye olde swearinge

[se7enthdevil]

i dont remember bumping in to you???

 

surely you just burried an octopuss!!!

[MaximusExcelsior]

i dont remember bumping in to you???

 

surely you just burried an octopuss!!!

 

Haha exactly what I was thinking!

[Garyjp]

Did u ask it what the football result was going to be?

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

That's amazing looking stuff!

[geoff]

A fascinating looking fungi, first time I have seen that one!

[David Humphries]

A fascinating looking fungi, first time I have seen that one!

 

Interesting Geoff

 

Have you not had a good search through the directory then?

 

Not being funny, would just like to know how people use it (or not)

 

 

Over 2000 views of it here.......

 

Clathrus archeri - Devils Fingers - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

 

 

Really good find Kevin, not come across it here in he UK myself

 

Only 85 records, and not recorded since 2010

Worth getting in touch with Martyn Ainsworth at Kew

 

 

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[nepia]

Not being funny, would just like to know how people use it (or not)

 

 

...By going through each fungus one at a time when trying to ID one (and still getting it wrong )

[David Humphries]

Not being funny, would just like to know how people use it (or not)

 

 

...By going through each fungus one at a time when trying to ID one (and still getting it wrong )

 

 

 

The directory is just that Jon, an a-z list of fungi.

Meant as a place to go to when you have a hunch on an Id.

Not really a searchable data base other than its split in to parasitic, saprophytic & mycorrhizal species.

 

The Arbtalk Fungi App however is a searchable database where the list of fungi can be searched for via tree host, colour of fungi etc...

 

 

 

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[sloth]

Interesting Geoff

 

Have you not had a good search through the directory then?

 

Not being funny, would just like to know how people use it (or not)

 

 

Over 2000 views of it here.......

 

Clathrus archeri - Devils Fingers - David Humphries’s Fungi Directory - Arbtalk.co.uk | Discussion Forum for Arborists

 

 

 

Really good find Kevin, not come across it here in he UK myself

 

Only 85 records, and not recorded since 2010

Worth getting in touch with Martyn Ainsworth at Kew

 

 

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I did have a quick frdbi check, and wanted to record it but didn't know how! It looks from their map like other than one record on the suffolk/norfolk coast, this would be the furthest east find, and a first for essex. Mostly being found in Cornwall or by the same person around Knole Park in Kent. Do you happen to have contact details for Martyn? And should I have taken a sample?