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Red-Cage Fungus

clathrus ruber

The Red-Cage Fungus looks like a bright red basket! It is fun to find in the forest and has a unique shape that makes it stand out.

Lebensraum: Forests and woodlands, often near decaying trees.

Aussehen

The Red-Cage Fungus has a striking, bright red to orange-red spherical or oval body, resembling a delicate, latticework cage. Inside this net-like structure, it holds a dark, olive-green slimy substance. Its vibrant color makes it stand out vividly against the forest floor.

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Red-Cage Fungus

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Before it blooms, the Red-Cage Fungus looks like a white, jelly-filled 'witch's egg'!

Its strong, disgusting odor, like rotting meat, helps attract flies from far away!

The open cage design helps breezes carry its fly-attracting stink even further!

This fungus is a relative of the stinkhorn family, known for their strong smells!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Red-Cage Fungus can release a foul, carrion-like odor that helps them attract flies for spore dispersal.

Red-Cage Fungus has a protective, cage-like structure that helps them hold and protect their spore-filled slime.

Red-Cage Fungus can emerge rapidly from its 'egg' stage that helps them quickly release their stinky spores.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 5-15 cm
Edibility: inedible
Cap Diameter: 5-15 cm
Wachstumssubstrat: leaf litter
Saison: Summer-fall
Sporenfarbe: Olive-brown

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

symbiotic with

Common Green Bottle Fly

Lucilia sericata

attracts to disperse its smelly spores.

depends on

English Oak

Quercus robur

decomposes its decaying leaves and wood.

depends on

European Beech

Fagus sylvatica

grows on its decaying wood and leaf litter.

Merkmale

Farbenfroh

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Wald

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