protist to MycologyEnglish · 1 年前This fungus is growing on a hard-packed crushed granite RV pad that gets blasted with afternoon sun. What could be surviving here?imagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 年前message-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareprotistOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-21 年前Central Texas zone 8b, near the Balcones Canyonlands. Escarpment live oak and Ashe juniper growing nearby.
minus-squareprotistOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 年前 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-up16·1 年前Google 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
Removed