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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
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Source Clathrus archeri.Devils fingers.
Author Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand
Camera location43° 27′ 30.47″ S, 172° 41′ 48.93″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Bernard Spragg at https://flickr.com/photos/88123769@N02/35984222580. It was reviewed on 21 June 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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