Red cage mushroom (Clathrus ruber) is one of the special mushroom best on Earth. They are strangely shaped like creatures from alien movies. The reason is because they are like a round, hollow cloud ball.Red cage mushroom distributed mainly in Europe. Initially, they take the shape of a white ball surrounded by a thin film of slime containing calcium, which protects the inside of the young mushroom.In warm and humid weather, red mushroom will spontaneously rupture to develop into a round, hollow rattan-ball-like structure. They digest celluose and return nutrients to the soil.Red cage fungus belongs to the group of saprophytic fungi. This means they are fibrous bodies that feed on dead and decaying wood.Each red cage mushroom when mature is usually up to 20 cm in size and stands out with vibrant colors such as red, orange and pink.Despite having such an eye-catching color and interesting shape, the red cage mushroom “fake dead” by secreting a mucus that smells like corpse.This unpleasant stench will attract flies and insects to the red-cage mushrooms. Those insects will come to have a delicious meal when eating the mucus or have a place to lay eggs inside.In return, the red-cage mushrooms gain something of the fly, the mosquito their wings. While many fungi spread spores by spraying them into the wind, red cage mushrooms do this by flies.When ingesting the mucus inside the hollow, round, cloud-like structure of the red-cage mushroom, the flies inadvertently shed millions of tiny spores of the fungus.When flies take off and fly away, the spores attached to their bodies will be dispersed into the surrounding environment, farther and wider. Thanks to this, the red cage fungus proliferates in the large areas where the flies carry them.Invite readers to watch the video: Signs to recognize poisonous mushrooms. Source: HTV – Hanoi Radio.
Red cage mushroom (Clathrus ruber) is one of the special mushroom best on Earth. They are strangely shaped like creatures from alien movies. The reason is because they are like a round, hollow cloud ball.
Red cage mushroom distributed mainly in Europe. Initially, they take the shape of a white ball surrounded by a thin film of slime containing calcium, which protects the inside of the young mushroom.
In warm and humid weather, red mushroom will spontaneously rupture to develop into a round, hollow rattan-ball-like structure. They digest celluose and return nutrients to the soil.
Red cage fungus belongs to the group of saprophytic fungi. This means they are fibrous bodies that feed on dead and decaying wood.
Each red cage mushroom when mature is usually up to 20 cm in size and stands out with vibrant colors such as red, orange and pink.
Despite having such an eye-catching color and interesting shape, the red cage mushroom “fake dead” by secreting a mucus that smells like corpse.
This unpleasant stench will attract flies and insects to the red-cage mushrooms. Those insects will come to have a delicious meal when eating the mucus or have a place to lay eggs inside.
In return, the red-cage mushrooms gain something of the fly, the mosquito their wings. While many fungi spread spores by spraying them into the wind, red cage mushrooms do this by flies.
When ingesting the mucus inside the hollow, round, cloud-like structure of the red-cage mushroom, the flies inadvertently shed millions of tiny spores of the fungus.
When flies take off and fly away, the spores attached to their bodies will be dispersed into the surrounding environment, farther and wider. Thanks to this, the red cage fungus proliferates in the large areas where the flies carry them.
Invite readers to watch the video: Signs to recognize poisonous mushrooms. Source: HTV – Hanoi Radio.
