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Corralitas Drive: That's Not Rotting Meat You Smell, It's My Backyard

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Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 30, 2012.  A 3" long Stinkhorn Fungus (Lysurus mokusin) brought the faint scent of rotting meat and flies to my backyard.  However, dogs aren't fooled by the stink, just curious about it.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)  Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 30, 2012.  A few hours later, a second, eventually even larger and more substantial (3.5") Stinkhorn erupted from
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