protist to MycologyEnglish · 6 months agoThis fungus is growing on a hard-packed crushed granite RV pad that gets blasted with afternoon sun. What could be surviving here?imagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down12
arrow-up190arrow-down1imageThis fungus is growing on a hard-packed crushed granite RV pad that gets blasted with afternoon sun. What could be surviving here?protist to MycologyEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareprotistOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-26 months agoCentral Texas zone 8b, near the Balcones Canyonlands. Escarpment live oak and Ashe juniper growing nearby.
minus-squareprotistOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months ago Went ahead and sliced it open. This is not a puffball, based on what I’m reading it’s probably an earthball. Might be Scleroderma polyrhizum “dead man’s hand” or Scleroderma michiganense “potato earthball.” Either way, not going to eat this one!
minus-squarenxdefiant@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·6 months agoGoogle image search tells me that’s either an earth puffball or a piece of bread with black garlic on it.
Central Texas zone 8b, near the Balcones Canyonlands. Escarpment live oak and Ashe juniper growing nearby.
Went ahead and sliced it open. This is not a puffball, based on what I’m reading it’s probably an earthball. Might be Scleroderma polyrhizum “dead man’s hand” or Scleroderma michiganense “potato earthball.” Either way, not going to eat this one!
Google image search tells me that’s either an earth puffball or a piece of bread with black garlic on it.
Mmmm…forbidden black garlic
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