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Genus Clathrus
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricoymetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genus: Clathrus
Clathrus ruber
Red-cage fungus (Clathrus ruber)
Family: Phallaceae (stinkhorns)
taken May 19, 2005 near Stanford oval
with thanks to David Muir who introduced me to this remarkable fungus
(Canon Digital Rebel)
Check out those fenestrations.
Emerging from white "fungus egg".
2011
taken near Hoover Tower
After being introduced to Clathrus in 2005, I have encountered it in a number of places, most notably outside of the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and in various locations on the Stanford campus.
Sometimes they occur in great profusion and continuously for long periods of time.
In terms of color, some of the most beautiful ones I have ever seen were those very first ones.
Despite their spectacular red or orange color, most people walk right by them without ever noticing. They only see them when they see me stooped over to take their picture and often not even then.
Nature's soccer ball
Macrophy
Clathrus egg
Cracked-up
Fly zone
Serious fly
Chance discovery
Red-cage fungus (Clathrus ruber)
Family: Phallaceae (stinkhorns)
Although I keep checking the usual haunts, I had not seen any clathrus in quite a while.
Then I discovered a rather sizeable outcropping in a new locale.
They appeared quite suddenly - and by the next day this large one had completely collapsed.
Along Campus Drive,
near the dish
April 14, 2014
Egg and hatchling
There are quite a few "eggs" so there should be lots more fungi in the days to come.
Along Campus Drive
near the dish
April 14, 2014
King of the fungus egg
Along Campus Drive,
near the dish
April 19, 2014
Circum specks
Along Campus Drive,
near the dish
April 19, 2014
Elementary fungus
Walter Hayes Elementary
Embarcadero and Middlefield
Palo Alto
December 20, 2014
Clathrus close
Embarcadero and Middlefield
December 20, 2014
Pale Clathrus
Embarcadero and Middlefield
December 20, 2014
Remnants
Arcadia Place
December 22, 2014
Clathrus re-emerges
Along Campus Drive,
near the dish
April 19, 2014
Inside clathrus
Along Campus Drive,
near the dish
April 19, 2014
Clathrus collapse
Along Campus Drive,
near the dish
April 19, 2014
Other stinkhorn fungi
Veiled lady
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Ravenel's stickhorn
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Lasty modified: July 31, 2023
Created: May 19, 2005
Contact: siegelr@stanford.edu
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