It has been dry but quite windy here today. This morning I found something revolting but it had passed it’s disgusting state.
No not Slime Mould I find this attractive and interesting.
This is what I found a Stinkhorn but without any real stink left, at their most powerful they smell worse than a bloated and burst dead sheep on a hot July day. I think there are three more to arrive. I would really like to find one of the really special ones that have a beautiful net veil around them
This is one of them and they can grow from this egg to a full Stinkhorn in a few hours. As they are only about half a mile away I have checked three times today but it hasn’t altered yet. I hope they are in full stink tomorrow first thing in the morning. Somewhere I have some good pictures of one but I doubt I could find them.
That’s all, I’ll try for some video tomorrow if there is enough light and I can stand the smell. I may even take a trowel and a box and dig an egg up for a timelapse. Have a good week.
They do give off a dreadful smell, good luck with the photos and hold your breath.
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Peter, they are amazing and the flies must come from miles about.
DeleteGlad I'm not there! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteMarie, they are fun, smelly fun.
DeletePleased you won't be able to add the odour to your video. It's been bad enough here while they have been muck spreading.
ReplyDeleteJohn, I think smell is for the future.
DeleteI have never smelt one and me thinks I do not want to either Adrian!!
ReplyDeleteMargaret, They are a bit nauseating.
DeleteHmmm, early morning?...good luck!...[;o)
ReplyDeleteTrevor I'm just back in and there is no real change. I think they need a bit of rain.
DeleteWe have a little patch of slime mold this morning.
ReplyDeleteThat's good watch it move and feed it bits of bread.
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