Thursday, July 29, 2010

Stinkhorn (aka Maiden's Veil) Fungi

Stinkhorn mushroom aka Maiden's Veil are under the Phallaceae family of fungi. Belonging to the fungal order Phallales, they are prevailent in tropical regions. They are known for their foul smelling sticky spore masses.

3 comments:

Andy said...

Dude, u got it! I Thought you smelled funny when you came back from the trail. haha

Divemuster said...

Thank ye, thank ye... but this was shot years ago at Chilling... captured on 35mm film. Had to digitize it from photo print.

Andy said...

The smell lasts That long?!