I am familiar with all the lichen (photo), moss and fungi we have everywhere (we're even growing lichen on the concrete sidewalk), but I hadn't seen this species before. It looks like something you would expect to find on a coral reef, but there it was in our yard.
I'm constantly amazed without venturing beyond our 1/3 of an acre.
Coral-like fungus.
Detail of the middle.
Wider shot showing the immature ones (upper middle)that are fuzzy and just starting to develop the ribbing.
Those green, grassy looking blades appear to be growing out of the fungus.
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Somebody help with a name, great shot. I have 100s of fungus shots and none like this. Very interesting.
Wow, that stuff is awesome!!! I'll check our mushroom book when I get home tonight.
Max-
We have had some unique fungi this summer. I wish I could have snapped a picture of the red-orange "fingers" that were growing out of our pine bark mulch in June.
Jerry-
If you can pin a name on it that would be great!
Are we crazy for getting excited about fungus? At least I know I'm not alone. :^)
I found a picture of the red-orange "fingers". They are Mutinus elegans, aka "Stinkhorn". Another link here.
Stinkhorns are fairly common in mulch piles. We get them every so often.
Jerry-
I'd just purchased some pine bark mulch at Lowe's and these totally alien-looking things poked up after the first rain. I had never encountered them before. Live and learn...
Check out this one: http://orimath.blogspot.com/2008/03/strange-mushroom-zombie-hand.html
Wow! That is creepy looking. It's astounding what we can find in our respective backyards if we look.
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