Campanophyllum proboscideum (Fr.) Cifuentes & R.H. Petersen -pyh! This striking object, also on the internet known as the Mexican mystery fungus was discovered by some brilliant detective work to have been described already by Fries based on material collected by Ørsted in Costa Rica. We know now it occurs from Mexico right down to southern Ecuador and probably further down

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