Is this a plant or a fungus?
Identified Species: Clathrus ruber


  Scientific classification 
  
  Kingdom:  Fungi 
  
  Division: Basidiomycota 
  
  Class:    Agaricomycetes 
  
  Order:    Phallales 
  
  Family:   Phallaceae
  
  Genus:    Clathrus 
  
  Species:  C. ruber




Source: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrus_ruber