Devil's Fingers (Clathrus archeri), also known as the Octopus Stinkhorn, is a very striking fungus. The species was an accidental import from Australasia during the First World War and is still a rare find in Britain.
David, Bob and I have met up a few times over the last couple of years to search for specimens in locations where it is known to occur but it has proved to be a difficult species to find.
After another search earlier this month, Bob and I were on the point of calling it a day when David calmly announced that he had found one.
Devil's Fingers (Clathrus archeri)
The next day, I returned to the site to see whether the "tentacles" had opened out into a classic star formation but alas it had been attacked by slugs overnight.
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