Hi,
I was digging in my garden in Bristol yesterday and came across this fungus growing in the leaf litter from a bamboo. There were two balls, one was already partially broken, it has a lattice type interior which was covered in a jelly substance.
Is anyone able to tell me what it is?
Many thanks
Jane
Ball shaped fungi with lattice interior
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Re: Ball shaped fungi with lattice interior
Hi Jane welcome to the forum.
It is one of the "stink horn" group. It may develop into a Phallus impudicus or even better as a White cage fungi Ileodictyon cibarium.. leave the second one to develop and update us as to what it turns in to.
Mal
It is one of the "stink horn" group. It may develop into a Phallus impudicus or even better as a White cage fungi Ileodictyon cibarium.. leave the second one to develop and update us as to what it turns in to.
Mal
Re: Ball shaped fungi with lattice interior
Hi Mal,
Thanks so much for your reply. The second one isn’t attached to the soil anymore, so it’s starting to shrivel a bit, but I’ll leave it be and see if it does anything.
Thanks for your help
Jane
Thanks so much for your reply. The second one isn’t attached to the soil anymore, so it’s starting to shrivel a bit, but I’ll leave it be and see if it does anything.
Thanks for your help
Jane