Here’s a bit of late Summer wildlife from the veggie garden. Demonstrating our innate need to make sense of what we see, mycologists have named this genus of fungi Phallus. It’s doing well on the decomposing grass in my plot down on the Mid-levels, and sends up a fruiting body every week or so.
This morning I saw what appeared to be two squid rings sitting on the grass (outside the veggie patch fence), and then realised that they were Phallus fruiting bodies that had been neatly eaten off. I’d guess a bandicoot has had a gourmet meal. Websites I’ve read say that they are probably edible but you wouldn’t want to try.