tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806044253858317897.post1821214666519879909..comments2023-08-22T20:22:52.506+10:00Comments on HarPer’s bizarre - a naturalist's miscellany: Emu Dung FungusHarvey Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415639670778923118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806044253858317897.post-57704928982124802692015-11-11T19:57:53.110+11:002015-11-11T19:57:53.110+11:00I hadn't heard of them before I found it eithe...I hadn't heard of them before I found it either (though I guess I had vaguely noticed them on roadside verges every so often). And I didn't know we had exported Clathrus to France, either. Normally all our fungal trade is in the other direction. Harvey Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415639670778923118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806044253858317897.post-40736868305244698902015-11-11T19:36:15.241+11:002015-11-11T19:36:15.241+11:00A fascinating post. I've never heard of this f...A fascinating post. I've never heard of this fungus. I'll have to check if we get it here. It's full on fungi season here in France and just before I read your post I had drafted a post of my own about local fungi forays. Just yesterday evening I got roped in to do a talk on fungi (with 5 minutes notice!) at our local anglo-francais meeting. Someone asked me about Devils Fingers <i>Clathrus archerii</i>, so it was a nice opportunity to tell the story of how it made the journey from Australia to France (first in the 19th C with spores on wool fleece destined for the mills in the Vosges mountains, and then on the possessions of the Australian troops in WWI). Now it's everywhere, and stinks to high heaven so people notice it.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com