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The species is from the southern hemisphere and was first discovered in Britain in 1914. The devil’s fingers fungus hatches from a slimy, gelatinous ‘egg’. As it grows, the tentacle-like arms start to protrude. The bright red colour of this fungus makes it easy to spot although it is fairly rare in the UK. Related to the stinkhorns it has a strong and unpleasant smell.
This fungus smells like rotting flesh which attract insects to arms where the spores are found. The spores are then spread by the visiting insects.
I think this is a devil scorpionfish rather than a stonefish.
Most of the time devil scorpionfish ( like stonefish) lie immobile and are so well camoflaged they are not easily noticed. They are ambush predators which lunge at passing fish and gulp them down.
If threatened they will erect a row of venomous spines along their back. (It seems the venom of the devil scorpionfish may be less painful and dangerous than that of the stonefish but I have no wish to test that out).
Along the Red Beds Trail. A beautiful hiking trail to take while at the park, just wish I had been there earlier in the day for some better morning light. A beautiful scene regardless.
Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). This little guy was running around its enclosure at Healesville Sanctuary. Looks cute and fluffy...
Photographed at Devils Garden in Arches National Park in Utah, USA. This park has a large number of weathered rock formations and many stone arches. In a spectacular and beautiful desert setting.
The Devil's Dipstick is a stinkhorn fungus that loves to grow in mulched wood chips. If you look closely you will notice many small Bird's Nest fungi surrounding the sinkhorn in the mulch. When the caps come off the bird's nests, you can see the eggs in the nest. See flic.kr/p/2kbotco
Toyo 45aII
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Made deviled eggs 3 ways , an easy on the stomach version, a hot version and then a "burns on the way in and the way out" version.
Ever since I saw the film "Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind" as a child I wanted to go to Devil's Tower National Monument in Wyoming. Of course, back then I wanted to go find the aliens (and to be honest I did look aound for them a little even now) but I was more interested in the columnar basalt than the possibility of extra-terrestrials.