After a warm, rainy night, a gardener noticed a powerful rotting smell coming from the flowerbeds. Near the plants sat a pale, jelly-like structure with bright reddish arms emerging from its centre. At first, it looked more like a strange creature than something growing from the soil.
The unusual discovery was a stinkhorn, a distinctive fungus commonly found in damp gardens, compost, decaying wood, and organic mulch. Stinkhorns begin inside rounded, egg-like sacs before rapidly developing into their mature forms. Some species produce tentacle-shaped structures that make them look especially alarming.
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