Fungi
Stinkhorns: with a smelly, brownish spore slime
Stinkhorns, radiating arms atop a stem
Sighting 4644513

Aseroe rubra

1 Anemone Stinkhorn at Central Plateau, TAS

Aseroe rubra at Central Plateau, TAS - suppressed
Aseroe rubra at Central Plateau, TAS - suppressed
Aseroe rubra at Central Plateau, TAS - suppressed
Aseroe rubra at Central Plateau, TAS - suppressed
Aseroe rubra at Central Plateau, TAS - suppressed
Aseroe rubra at Central Plateau, TAS - suppressed
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Identification history

Aseroe rubra 7 Feb 2025 Heino1
Unverified 7 Feb 2025 DrBen

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Aseroe rubra is an extraordinary fungus that emerges from an ‘egg,’ resembles a starfish and produces a foul smelling spore-containing brown substance that attracts flies and other insects, which involuntarily assist with spore dispersal. Recherche bay in Tasmania was the first place where this species was found and described.

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VanessaC wrote:
   18 Apr 2025
Amazing!

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Species information

  • Aseroe rubra Scientific name
  • Anemone Stinkhorn Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1787m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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