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19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Sticky Stinkhorn Fungus

Mushrooms are amazing. Stinkhorn fungi are especially cool. They exhibit other-wordly features and have a distinct odor to them under close inspection. I discovered this one close to a trail path, early Fall. It stood out from a short distance, as all wild mushrooms typically do.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2018
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States of America
Camera: iPhone 6 Plus
Copyright: © Trevor Holland