Just in time for Halloween: photos of weird fungi
October 25, 2004
PACE member Ron Nolf wins the bonus prize for finding the strangest (and possibly scariest) fungus of the year and for honoring our lab by sending it here.
Photo of the octopus stinkhorn fungus
More information on the octopus stinkhorn fungus
This animal-like fungus, which measured over 3 inches in length, belongs to an odd family of fungi known as the stinkhorn fungi. They occur in parks, lawns and planting beds (which is where Ron's wife found this one) and…