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203 - Phallus impudicus
mushroom
DATE Unknown
SCIENTIFIC NAME Phallus impudicus
SIZE Unknown
LOCATION Unknown
NOTES The cap of the Phallus Impudicus is coated with a smelly slime, which is full of spores. Flies and slugs find the slime irresistible, and within just two hours, it has all been eaten. The slugs and flies then move off, helping to distribute the spores to places where new stinkhorns can grow.
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