Devils fingers
Clathrus archeri
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Clathrus archeri
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Phallales
- Family
- Clathraceae
- Under the cap
- Spores inside
- Cap
- No cap
- Stem
- Volva
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Broadleaf forest, Meadow
- Spore print
- Brown, Olive
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- A native of Australia and New Zealand, it reached Europe about a century ago and has spread widely since.
- Its Latin name archeri honours William Archer, who collected it in Tasmania.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q1757951 · All fungi · All entries