Clathrus archeri aka devils fingers, a rare find in the U.K.
This is a non-native stinkhorn species in the U.K. first being spotted in the early 1900’s. Sightings were first picked up in the south west but as the climate warms its is now being spotted much further north and this one was spotted on the 11/11/22 north mid Wales, U.K.
Saprobic in leaf litter and mulch preferring wet warm condition this fungi was found after a summer and autumn of drought on a south facing bank thick with early morning dew. This spectacular show was all over within 24 hours.
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