3:00 snapshot #1418: dog phalluses, stunted by dryness

[urbpan]

While doing my mushroom walk for the zoo staff, we came across a group of dog stinkhorns.



These had begun to emerge, during the rain early last week, then dried up with the weather.


Stinkhorns emerge from egg-like structures called, well, eggs.


Here's a split-open dog stinkhorn egg. Arguably this is Mutinus elegans, a close relative to M. caninus, pictured in my posts tagged dog stinkhorn.

Comments

[plantmom.livejournal.com]

Fascinating. There's something kinda artsy about them. The colors are amazing!

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

Pardon me, I believe I still have a post waiting for moderation at your community that I sent a PM about yesterday. Would it be possible to be given permission to post without awaiting moderation, as I see someone has posted since my previous request, and it gets trick for me to keep track of everything I do on LiveJournal (in conjunction with real life)?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I think you'll find your post has already passed through moderation.

[theidolhands.livejournal.com]

I beg your pardon, as I may have lost track, did you not get a post with a hummingbird and a moth and dalias? That's the one I recall submitting.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Nope, haven't seen that one yet!

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

I know it bugs you when people are afraid of fungus, but these things look like horrible alien invaders.