Commonly called the bamboo fungus, veiled lady, or long net stinkhorn, this tropical species is found thriving in coastal zones in Asia, Africa, Australia, Central, and South America. It‘s ecologically saprophytic growing primarily in bamboo forests of Asia after heavy rains. It has long been considered a delicacy and an aphrodisiac in eastern Asia where it’s highly prized.

The immature fruit bodies of D. indusiata are initially enclosed in an egg-shaped to roughly spherical subterranean structure encased in a whitish to buff reddish-brown peridium. The mature mushroom is up to 25 cm (9.8 in) tall and girded with a net-like structure called the indusium that hangs down from the conical to bell-shaped cap.

The photo was taken in Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) in August.