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A perfect specimen!

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    Seen on our Nature walk this morning, not surprisingly this fungus is called Phallus impudicus, the common Stinkhorn.
    The smell from it attracts flies as seen in this pic.
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      Lovely pics Clive :thumbsup:
       
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        What an interesting fungus! Well captured :thumbsup: (did you need to put a peg on your nose to get so close for the photo? :heehee: )
         
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          No I didn't @"M" as I was about 10 feet away!:biggrin:
           
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              Good morning @strongylodon my friend when I looked at the title of this thread,I thought for a minute that you were looking at a picture of Woo:lunapic 130165696578242 5:

              Not dissapointed though its a cracking photo:smile:
               
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                Coward :heehee:
                 
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