Basket mushroom - Basket mushroom (English spelling) Ileodictyon gracile Berk.

Japanese: カゴタケ(籠茸) - カゴタケ（英語表記）Ileodictyon gracile Berk.

A mushroom of the Basidiomycete Gastromycete family, family Acanthaceae (illustration). Roughly speaking, it is a member of the stinkhorn family, and at first resembles a reptile egg wrapped in soft skin, but the fruiting body that breaks through the skin has a common feature of producing a mass of dark, mucus-like spores with a strong foul odor. The fruiting body of the box mushroom is rounded and basket-shaped with 10 to 15 cages, rests on a dish-shaped open shell, is 4 to 5 cm in diameter, and is white. It grows on the ground in autumn in woodlands, but is somewhat rare. It is also known in Australia.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

担子菌類腹菌目アカカゴタケ科のキノコ（イラスト）。大まかにいえばスッポンタケの仲間で，はじめは柔らかい皮で包まれた爬虫類の卵を思わせるが，皮を破って伸び出た子実体は悪臭の強い黒ずんだ粘液質の胞子のかたまりをつけるという共通の特徴がある。カゴタケの子実体は10～15のかご目をもったまるいかご形，皿状に開いた殻にのり，直径4～5cm，白色。秋，雑木林などの地上に生えるが，ややまれ。オーストラリアでも知られる。

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