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Identify this smelly plant please
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shappy
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Identify this smelly plant please - 2008/07/07 00:05 I found this growing in my landscaping. It is fist sized, colored like the inside of a watermelon, is porous and smells really bad. In fact, there are flies all around it.

Any ideas?

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zuzu
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Re:Identify this smelly plant please - 2008/07/10 02:09 Hiya Shappy

Well, that little jewel is definiely a fungus,
probably in the Phallaceae ( "stinkhorn") family.

Possibly Clathrus crispus, they are fairly common in FL,
but I'm only guessing,
have a look at this site and see what you think:
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/clathrus_crispus.html



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Re:Identify this smelly plant please - 2008/07/10 15:19 Zuzu, thanks! It is definitely a clathrus crispus, confirmed by that website.

The stinky little critter has since shriveled up and the smell is gone.
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