Uber fungus... 24hr life cycle

Date is 5th of March 2010-
Eastern Austrlia has been recently recieving massive deluges in the recent weeks. I live and work in south-east Queensland and the past week or so i have discovered some strange fungus type growths in the front garden at work.

Here are the shots...





I clock on at work at 6am and in the early morning these things are at full bloom. By 9am they are deteriorating fast. By 2pm when i clock off they are dead and have become little more than a brownish lump. I've been watching them sprout and die all week.

I have come to the conclusion they have a 24 hr life cycle. Not there when I leave work, there when i get to work, dead when I leave again.
I have done the science thing and poke them with a stick and they appear to be hollow inside the strands that interlock and they take on almost a jelly like substance. When they are dieing i've broken one open and it seems to contain a brown liquid poo like substance.

I call it..... the Uber Fungus!

[edit on 4/3/10 by spearhead]

Quite strange indeed.

It is a fungus called Clathrus pusillus.

I think it's clathus crispus (stinkhorn).

Here are some links: to google image results and a page about stinkhorn (in reverse order for no reason whatsoever).

www.mushroomexpert.com...

images.google.com...

reply to post by spearhead

www.sorb.org.au...
read up on it, it's kinda cool.

Its probably just the spore making part of the fungus, like a mushroom. The mycelium continues to live underground.

I have seen tons of mushrooms pop up overnight and then wither away to nothing in the light of day.

en.wikipedia.org...

[edit on 5-3-2010 by watcher73]

Looks a lot like those fullerines

en.wikipedia.org...

very interesting find!

reply to post by oppaperclip


Yes, though I would go as far to say it is ubercool.

I have devised a series of experiments I am to conduct on it next week. In the following order I am to see how it reacts to:-

*being set on fire
*being eaten by me'
*being soked in bourbon
*being put in my bosses desk drawer
*being set on fire
and lastly
*being worn as a victory hat!

also i might add that i am disappointed i couldn't name it uber fungus as it has already been named Clathrus Pusillus... though that is already quite cool...

thanks for pointing me in the right direction

[edit on 5/3/10 by spearhead]

Originally posted by spearhead
reply to post by oppaperclip

 

Yes, though I would go as far to say it is ubercool.

I have devised a series of experiments I am to conduct on it next week. In the following order I am to see how it reacts to:-

*being set on fire
*being eaten by me'
*being soked in bourbon
*being put in my bosses desk drawer
*being set on fire
and lastly
*being worn as a victory hat!

also i might add that i am disappointed i couldn't name it uber fungus as it has already been named Clathrus Pusillus... though that is already quite cool...

thanks for pointing me in the right direction

[edit on 5/3/10 by spearhead]

Haha. That's a pretty cool mushroom, but i wouldn't eat it if i were you

It's never a good idea to eat a mushroom like that, even if it's ubercool!

Originally posted by Deran

Originally posted by spearhead
reply to post by oppaperclip

 

Yes, though I would go as far to say it is ubercool.

I have devised a series of experiments I am to conduct on it next week. In the following order I am to see how it reacts to:-

*being set on fire
*being eaten by me'
*being soked in bourbon
*being put in my bosses desk drawer
*being set on fire
and lastly
*being worn as a victory hat!

also i might add that i am disappointed i couldn't name it uber fungus as it has already been named Clathrus Pusillus... though that is already quite cool...

thanks for pointing me in the right direction

[edit on 5/3/10 by spearhead]

Haha. That's a pretty cool mushroom, but i wouldn't eat it if i were you

It's never a good idea to eat a mushroom like that, even if it's ubercool!

You are coward! (not really) I ate even this and I'm still alive. Mushrooms are great and tasty if you know what/when/how.

reply to post by spearhead


I hope your experiments go well