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Colus hirudinosus

Ormiston, QLD

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Identification history

	Colus hirudinosus	6 Jun 2025	Heinol
	Colus hirudinosus	29 Dec 2023	TimL

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This sequence of images shows close up details of the Craypot Stinkhorn fungus recorded in sighting 4539257. The brown patches in the images appeared to have a granular structure which was presumably the spore masses. These patches eventually turned into the fetid, spore-bearing brown liquid, which is so attractive to flies. The stench of the fungus as it grew, lived up to its name. The final image shows what I believe might be white mycelium filaments growing throughout the bark mulch beneath the fungus.

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Location information

Coordinates 153.261972 -27.518680
Altitude 14.6m
Places Ormiston, QLD

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
24 Dec 2023 07:16 PM Recorded on
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TimL NatureMapr Greater Brisbane Stinkhorns, cage-like Stinkhorns: with a smelly, brownish spore slime Fungi

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Colus hirudinosus Scientific name
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Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 27.6m Recorded at altitude
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