Dino-lite+Basket+Fungus

The Common Basket Fungus
In Maori lore the Basket Fungushas several names: tutae kehua (ghost dung); tutae whetu (star dung); tutae whaitiri (lightning dung), depending where these strange fungi were thought to have been born.
 * Family:** Phallaceae
 * Species:** Ileodictyon cibarium

The Basket fungus belongs to one of the most strange families in the fungus kingdom - the Stinkhorns. || The basket explodes out of its base and rolls away. The base is called a **volva.** || The inside if the volva which holds the fungus, tightly wrapped. || The beautiful, unfolding structure of the basket. || The spores mimic the smell of dung. Their horrible smell attracts flies, which carry the spores away on their bodies || Evening light in Basket Fungus-land. ||
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