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  • A friend of mine shared a link of some beautiful fungi: https://i.stack.imgur.com/B81Pu.jpg. I was intrigued by the curious critter below -- it seems to have honed the power of buckyball geometry, presumably much before we Humans ever did (search: Buckminsterfullerene to learn about a feat of chemical engineering).

  • Google reverse-image search almost got me the answer I needed, but no species name.

  • I've asked friends on Facebook with no answers yet.

Question

What is the name of this species of fungus?

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EDIT: I'm an idiot... the Imgur had species names, thus answering my question, post-mortem. Thanks @skymningen for pointing that out.

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    If you like the general idea of how wondrous mathematics in nature can be, read "What Shape is a Snowflake?" by Ian Stewart. It's a nice read, I loved it as a youth and I blame some of my fascination for biology to this book. – skymningen May 27 '15 at 12:45
  • I understand the face palm, but it might be more useful to future readers if you change the title again. – Atl LED May 27 '15 at 13:16
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    @AtlLED, I'm not quite sure what you mean? As in to add the species name? – hello_there_andy May 27 '15 at 13:18
  • The question would appear as "answered", and @Ilan did technically answer it before I read the comments. I would suggest you voting to close my answer down, let the community decide.. I was about to delete it but then I read the deletion message – hello_there_andy May 27 '15 at 13:25
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    Sorry, I mean the top heading title not the question title. The "Edit: I'm an idiot..." part is kind of jarring. I don't think it needs to be deleted. Maybe a more subtle note after the link? Anyway, I guess this is more of a style point so feel free to ignore. – Atl LED May 27 '15 at 14:26
  • Almost same-looking: http://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/20553/is-this-a-plant-or-a-fungus – Always Confused Aug 29 '16 at 14:21
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    @skymningen so so wonderful – Always Confused Aug 29 '16 at 14:28
  • @skymningen, I am intrigued: why did you use the word "blame"? – hello_there_andy Mar 11 '17 at 13:46
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    @hello_there_andy I am not a native english speaker. Connotations of words might be different in my native language. It was supposed to be a cheeky comment. – skymningen Mar 13 '17 at 08:18
  • I see @skymningen – hello_there_andy Oct 05 '19 at 12:05

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Looks very similar to Clathrus ruber fungus.

Be careful, it is poisonous.

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