# Today in nature I saw

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**Created:** [July 20, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854 "2020-07-20T18:22:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/762 "2021-06-13T14:18:01Z")

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In our yard this morning we saw a patch of stinkhorn mushrooms! Pretty cool phallic shaped fungi that smell bad and attract flies, which help spread their spores.

[![](https://i.imgur.com/a4Z1EFQ.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/a4Z1EFQ.jpg)

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