Early in the week, I went over to Julie's house and her and Danielle and I did some printmaking using the natural materials.
while walking around the house looking for interesting weeds and leaves to print, we found "Dog Stinkhorn" among Julie's landscaping.
Aren't they funny?Today, I need to do something creative! I'll let you know.
3 comments:
What is that! I have never seen that! Is it rare? Is it a pest? cool April....
The Dog Stinkhorn is a fungus. Mutinus caninus. It's pink to red, foamy-looking stalk; tip tapered, with olive-green slime; remnants of oval "egg" at base. Found singly or in clusters on soil, humus, wood-chip mulch, or woody debris. The "egg-shaped" case resembling a puffball encloses the young stinkhorn. As the "egg" matures, the stinkhorn swells with water and lengthens rapidly - within the span of a few hours. The top of the mature stinkhorn is covered with a foul-smelling, spore-containing slime. Flies and beetles attracted to this transport stinkhorn spores to new areas. (Reader's Digest North American Wildlife Guide).
Isn't Julie lucky?!!
I've never heard of it either! So much to learn, so little time...
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