So Cool! Time lapse videos of fungus. The slime molds are fascinating and the stinkhorns are almost obscene, but if you are interested in this phenomena, this is a very well done little video with a great sound track.
The net is the same structure as a "veil" on mushrooms such as amanitas and some agarics. In this case, it is like a net to accomodate the rapid expansion of the fruiting body. It stretches. The stinkhorns and their relatives all start as egglike objects and grow rapidly when they open. They usually stink and they attract flies as a way of spreading their spores..the head of the fungus is slimy and sticky and covered with spores. People actually eat the fungus in the egg stage, before it starts to stink...Yummy. A very common fungus here is the basket fungus...though when it finally opens, it is more like a starfish. They are bright orange red with slimy black spore laden stripes. I have seen all of these in Michigan and Ohio.
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I wonder why the stinkhorns produce that netting-like structure. Indeed, fascinating stuff.
The net is the same structure as a "veil" on mushrooms such as amanitas and some agarics.
In this case, it is like a net to accomodate the rapid expansion of the fruiting body. It stretches.
The stinkhorns and their relatives all start as egglike objects and grow rapidly when they open.
They usually stink and they attract flies as a way of spreading their spores..the head of the fungus is slimy and sticky and covered with spores.
People actually eat the fungus in the egg stage, before it starts to stink...Yummy.
A very common fungus here is the basket fungus...though when it finally opens, it is more like a starfish. They are bright orange red with slimy black spore laden stripes.
I have seen all of these in Michigan and Ohio.
I hope i'm not a distant relative to fungi because i just can't relate to them unless they are cut up in my salad.
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