These small, bright pink mushrooms have been photographed in various locations on Curaçao, including the Den Dunki nature reserve, Landhuis Bloemhof and others.
The Latticed stinkhorn is called that for a reason. The mushroom produces a dark brown, rotting-flesh-smelling substance in the centre of its gauzy structure, which attracts flies and other insects.
Mushrooms, the reproductive organs of fungi, are everywhere during the rainy season of the islands and in different colors and sizes. Some appear in plant pots and disappear as quickly…