Aseroe rubra, Esher Common
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Aseroe rubra, Esher Common
Image: © Alan Hunt Taken: 17 Oct 2010
The Anemone stinkhorn (can't say I noticed much of a smell) emerging from its white "egg" The brown sludge in the middle is designed to look and smell like rotting meat to attract flies which will carry its spores.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.341265
Longitude
-0.371894