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 zoid
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 Corn cob mushrooms... weird.
#9061447 - 10/11/08 12:26 AM (1 month, 21 days ago) |
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I found a couple of mushrooms that looked nothing like any Ive ever seen, online or otherwise. They looked exactly like dark brown ears of corn.
http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/highlights/2007/03/brazil_corn_30mar2007/images/corn1.jpg
They were sprouting in North Florida in mulch with a roughly five inch height and one inch diameter. They seriously looked like a brown corn cob that one would cook in a pot of water. I obviously did not pick any of these, but was just wondering if anyone has seen anything of this sort.
Edited by zoid (10/11/08 12:29 AM)
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 DannyGlick
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Re: Corn cob mushrooms... weird. [Re: zoid]
#9061466 - 10/11/08 12:32 AM (1 month, 21 days ago) |
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zoid,you must provide photos.You must.
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koraks
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Re: Corn cob mushrooms... weird. [Re: DannyGlick]
#9062058 - 10/11/08 06:04 AM (1 month, 21 days ago) |
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Lepuke
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Re: Corn cob mushrooms... weird. [Re: koraks]
#9062399 - 10/11/08 09:21 AM (1 month, 21 days ago) |
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It's called "cornsmut" Ustilago maydis.
I've seen it before due to the fact I've picked a fair share of corn in my day.
It makes the kernels turn into mutant elongated bluish things. It's edible when its young before the kernels fill with black spores but I wouldn't eat it.
If I see some next year I will take some pictures.
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Lepuke
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Re: Corn cob mushrooms... weird. [Re: Lepuke]
#9062401 - 10/11/08 09:23 AM (1 month, 21 days ago) |
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heh, whoops thought you meant it was growing on corn... oh well.
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DannyGlick
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Re: Corn cob mushrooms... weird. [Re: Lepuke]
#9062424 - 10/11/08 09:32 AM (1 month, 21 days ago) |
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