Sighting 4644513
1 Anemone Stinkhorn at Central Plateau, TAS
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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Location information
- Places Central Plateau, TAS
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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DrBen NatureMapr Tasmania Stinkhorns, radiating arms atop a stem Stinkhorns: with a smelly, brownish spore slime Fungi
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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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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