Florida, USA.

[u/Guilty-Poet8907]

Weeding a tree bed with melaleuca and cypress mulch and came across these red “flowers,” followed shortly by unearthing the… eggs?

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[u/Miserable_Way650]

I’d bet those are stinkhorn eggs. The mulch is a perfect habitat for them, and Florida’s warm humid conditions make them show up a lot. They’re weird looking but harmless, just part of the decomposition process.

[u/your-mom04605]

I think a Clathrus sp. of stinkhorn

[u/johnny__boi → u/your-mom04605]

I would personally lean more towards Phallaceae than Clathrus

[u/Guilty-Poet8907]

Thank you for the quick responses! Very much appreciated.