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Elegant Stinkhorn Top With Flies © 2005 Daniel W. Reed    There is a stock image available in the form of a 23,894,414 byte TIFF. This JPG is 101,815 bytes. You are likely to smell the well named Stinkhorns before you see them. They have a very distinctive and unpleasant odor that attracts flies to the spore containing slime. There are many common species of Stinkhorns with some striking weird forms. See: http://mushroomexpert.com/mutinus_elegans.html

Image Type/Subject:
Fungus (Mushroom)
Insect
Fruit
Close up
Mutinus elegans,Elegant Stinkhorn(Species)
Media: Photograph

Shooting Location: Wilson County, Tennessee
Shooting Details: Canon Digital Rebel XT / 350D Camera, Canon EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens, 0.5, Sec., f/5.6, ISO=100