Aseroë rubra
Labill.
Photos: Bart Wursten, Fern Gully trail, Ndundu Lodge.
Star Stinkhorn
Inedible
A conspicuous and striking species, growing in leaf litter on the forest floor of evergreen forest and exotic pine plantations. The unpleasant smell attracts flies which aid the dispersal of spores, which are situated in a sticky black mass in the centre of the disc. It is short-lived, usually lasting no more than a few hours. It could be confused with Clathrus archeri, which has long, fleshy, unbranched arms and has the black spores not in a central mass but scattered along the arms.
