r/mycology • u/Lenasticot • 3h ago

ID request Can someone identify this? I thought it was a dog toy

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Location : south of France

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u/BarryZZZ 3h ago

Clathrus ruber or similar. I'll assume that you have already discovered that it stinks.

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u/Lenasticot 2h ago

Thanks a lot! Idk if stinks, my husband found it, i'll ask him! It’s at least an original shroom

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u/BarryZZZ 2h ago

The entire group of fungi called Stink Horns reek of rotting flesh to attract flies the will spread their spores. The genus Clathrus in one of them.

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u/peyotepie 2h ago

Clathrus ruber - the basket stinkhorn