Daintree Rainforest Fungi
photographed at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust

Stinkhorn Mushroom
Dictyophora indusiata

Stinkhorn mushroom - Dictyophora indusiata

 

This very beautiful, phallic shaped mushroom, has an unpleasant, decaying flesh odour which attract large numbers of flies. The spores of the mushroom stick to the legs and bodies of these flies and are widely dispersed.

Size
Up to 20 Centimetres.

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