From: les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net   
      
   treelike wrote:   
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   >> Clathrus columnatus!   
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   > The Buckie Ball description puts me more in mind of Clathrus ruber.   
   > That's a rare find in Britain.   
      
   Gone through a pile of Clathrus Ruber pictures and it's definitely the one.   
   It was growing in commercial compost beneath a large palm. They're right   
   about the smell too, more like human excrement than rotting meat to my nose   
   though.   
      
   Les   
      
      
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