The Fungi World (208) : Stinkhorn
The Stinkhorn, with its typical phallic shape when mature, has a strong and very unpleasant odour, but despite its foul smell, it’s not poisonous.
This fungus emerges from an ‘egg’ beneath the surface and the body grows extremely rapidly from the egg, taking just 1 and a half hour to reach full size with a length up to 20cm. high !
In the Middle Ages, sap from the Stinkhorn was used as a love potion.......
Dutch name : Grote Stinkzwam
German name : Stinkmorchel
Latin name : Phallus impudicus
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Cobrak 21/12/2013 0:34
:-)!Howard Mattix 10/11/2013 15:08
An excellent capture of this stinkhorn Mark. I had one in my back garden,but bty the time I was able to able to photograph it, t had died off. It was just a matter of minutes.Regards,
Howard
Wolfgang Bazer 08/11/2013 21:59
Funny latin name... Excellent photo!Cheers Wolfgang
Brigitte Hoffmann 08/11/2013 13:17
Ja, den Stinkmorchel gibt es hier auch haufenweise.Starkes Foto!
Salut Brigitte
Sylvia Schulz 06/11/2013 20:26
so perfekt wie Du sie getroffen hast, passt der Name gar nicht,LG Sylvia
ARTURO MEDINA 06/11/2013 10:46
Magnifica photo, lo mismo que la realizaciónUn saludo
Josef Kainz 06/11/2013 8:15
Sehr schön gezeigt klasse BildJosef
Mariechen König 06/11/2013 5:29
Klasse!!!!L.G.Carva
Adele D. Oliver 05/11/2013 21:06
I will keep my thoughts to myself here, Mark .... your capture is excellent, sharp, well lit - and beautiful with the surrounding colourful autumn trees and leaves ... well, only in Latin does his shape and smell get recognition :-))greetings, Adele
Angelika El. 05/11/2013 20:43
Ein stattliches Exemplar und sein "Duft" hat auch schon einen Besucher angelockt! Du zeigst diesen Pilz wieder in einer wunderbar gelungenen Perspektive und die Farben sidn hier sehr harmonisch - gefällt mir gut, diese Aufnahme!
LG! a.
Lawson McCulloch 05/11/2013 19:42
A very fine shot Mark, I love the comments from Sabine and Leo.best wishes,
Lawson
Iole S. Trovato 05/11/2013 19:14
The nature is often bizarre!But never wrong.
Nice clip.
Hello Iole
Pascal Viyer 05/11/2013 19:06
Un ravissement pour les yeuxp
Vera Shulga 05/11/2013 18:23
perfect image!very nice presentation
Vitória Castelo Santos 05/11/2013 16:55
I hate fungi, but your picture is great....!Regards
Vitoria