Fun Fungi Ecology

The hidden links in the ecosystem

Stinkhorns

I am delighted to say that on Friday 15 March 2019 in Innisfail we will be launching our ‘Australian Tropical Mushrooms & other Fungi pocket guides’. The launch is being hosted by the Johnstone Ecological Society and Queensland Mycological Society. A number of events are being held in the region […]

Tropical Fungi Fun

March 11, 2019 in Projects tagged Cookeina tricholoma / Slime mould / Stinkhorns / Tropical by myco

The ‘Space Alien Fungus’ as it is sometimes described is the Anemone Stinkhorn (Aseroe rubra), other common names include sea anemone fungus and starfish fungus. It was the first Australian native fungus formally named. Collected from southern Tasmanian during the La Pérouse expedition by the French Botanist Labillardière in 1792 and described in 1800. Stinkhorns are […]

Aseroe rubra

December 20, 2018 in Macrofungi tagged Aseroe rubra / space aliens / Stinkhorns by myco