Ok, so I generally enjoy photographing mushrooms and fungi, but these things were downright putrid. And they were growing in the mulch of a kid's playground, no less!
They smelled, there were bugs and flies circling them, and their tops were covered in a dark, gooey, tar-like slime.
After some Googling and image searching, I discovered that they are called Phallus Ravenelii, aka Ravenel's stinkhorn, in honor of their discoverer Mr. Henry William Ravenel.
I must say, the numerous clusters of these mushrooms looked totally inappropriate for a playground 😱 You wouldn't want your children even seeing these things, let alone stepping on them. Because those shoes would then be headed straight for the playground garbage pail.
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