A Little Something for the Weekend

Hope some of you recognise the saying above?
This is Phallus impudicus, whoever gave it its Latin name (Linnaeus classification) was either a prude or he aptly described it for the effect it has on paople (and insects).
The Phallus part of the name is obvious but what of the second bit..in Latin it means 'disgusting'. So the namer was either offended by the sight of it or what it actually smells like. It has the smell of rotting flesh (hence its English name Common Stinkhorn) and this serves to attract flies and other insects to it - you can see a fly on it in the photograph- they in turn eat the spores. You can see the spores at the tip as a brownish colouring and also visible is the honeycomb like structure underneath the tip, this is where the flies have eaten the spores. The flies then deposit the spores elsewhere and sow the seeds for next year's Stinkhorn.