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Cage Fungus (Pseudoclathrus cylindrosporus)

A Cage Fungus (Pseudoclathrus cylindrosporus) grows in the rich decaying humus of Mount Kinabalu's montane rainforest. Flies, which are attracted to the strong putrid odor, disperse the spores which are found in a brown slime secreted on the inner surface of the receptaculum. Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).

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Uploaded on April 30, 2019
Taken on May 23, 2010