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 Jvells
Mmmmm...gyms..
Registered: 11/05/09
Posts: 767
Loc: Massachusetts
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 BIG, ORANGE, AND GROWING ON A STUMP *MONSTER CLUSTER* 
#12949644 - 07/25/10 09:42 AM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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I really have no idea as to what these could be. I'm hoping they are gyms but knowing my luck with finding these they probably are not. This huge cluster is right out in the open so I had to snap some quick shots, if they are any good i'll harvest them tonight. All guesses are welcome.
See the little 3 ones in the background? THOSE ARE THE NEXT PIC
THESE ARE THE ONES BEHIND THE CLUSTER(not shore if these are the same but I think they are)
That's a stump in the middle.
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SWFL
Gettin' Better All The Time
Registered: 07/04/10
Posts: 540
Loc: South of the South
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 Re: BIG, ORANGE, AND GROWING ON A STUMP *MONSTER CLUSTER* [Re: Jvells]
#12949710 - 07/25/10 09:54 AM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Looks like jack o lanterns to me
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Jvells
Mmmmm...gyms..
Registered: 11/05/09
Posts: 767
Loc: Massachusetts
Last seen: 1 day, 14 hours
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Re: BIG, ORANGE, AND GROWING ON A STUMP *MONSTER CLUSTER* [Re: SWFL]
#12949755 - 07/25/10 10:03 AM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
SWFL said:
Looks like jack o lanterns to me
Did some research and I'd have to agree. Well, I'm one step closer. Thanks man.
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Twiztidsage
Fungal Databaser
Registered: 12/05/08
Posts: 8,088
Loc: Seattle 
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Re: BIG, ORANGE, AND GROWING ON A STUMP *MONSTER CLUSTER* [Re: Jvells]
#12950072 - 07/25/10 11:18 AM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Omphalotus illudens.
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 trigger
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Registered: 08/13/06
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Re: BIG, ORANGE, AND GROWING ON A STUMP *MONSTER CLUSTER* [Re: Twiztidsage]
#12950084 - 07/25/10 11:19 AM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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do they GLOW?
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Jvells
Mmmmm...gyms..
Registered: 11/05/09
Posts: 767
Loc: Massachusetts
Last seen: 1 day, 14 hours
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Re: BIG, ORANGE, AND GROWING ON A STUMP *MONSTER CLUSTER* [Re: trigger]
#12950360 - 07/25/10 12:25 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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I'm going back to look at em tonight and see if it glows, pretty cool mushrooms!
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Danja
Enjoys insanity.
Registered: 10/16/09
Posts: 200
Last seen: 7 months, 23 days
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Re: BIG, ORANGE, AND GROWING ON A STUMP *MONSTER CLUSTER* [Re: Jvells]
#12950461 - 07/25/10 12:48 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Jvells said:
I'm going back to look at em tonight and see if it glows, pretty cool mushrooms!
When you go back slice one in half and take a picture for me 
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Twiztidsage
Fungal Databaser
Registered: 12/05/08
Posts: 8,088
Loc: Seattle
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Re: BIG, ORANGE, AND GROWING ON A STUMP *MONSTER CLUSTER* [Re: Danja]
#12950726 - 07/25/10 01:41 PM (1 year, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
MushroomExpert said: "The Jack O'Lantern is the focus of the largest and most insidious conspiracy in the mycological world. According to every field guide, and every other source of literature available for the species, its gills glow in the dark. I'm not making this up; pick up any mushroom book that describes the Jack O'Lantern, and you'll find the author coolly mentioning the "luminescence" of the gills, or telling stories about 19th-Century pioneers finding their way back to their cabins, in the dark, following the Jack O'Lantern's glowing gills.
All of these authors are lying, and they are in cahoots. See, what they enjoy is knowing that hundreds of amateur mushroomers, every fall, shut themselves into closets, bathrooms, and garages, eagerly peering through the darkness for hours, waiting for the Jack O'Lantern's gills to luminesce.
I have wasted at least three hours of my life in this endeavor, over the years. Three hours! Every time I collect Omphalotus illudens, I think to myself: "These are fresh specimens; surely this time I'll see it." Then I seclude myself in darkness and hover, waiting . . . and waiting, and waiting. This last time, after nearly half an hour, I finally began to see the gills glow in the dark, an eerie green color--until I held my hand over my eyes and noticed that the glowing gills were still there.
I am here to tell you: The emperor is naked! Don't make a fool of yourself, as I regularly do. After years of trying to see the luminescent gills I have reached the obvious conclusion: mushroom authors are out to make me feel like an idiot. And don't bother sending an e-mail to tell me you have seen the Jack O'Lantern's glowing gills, or to send a photo of the phenomenon, because I will know you are part of the conspiracy, and that the photo was produced by the same people who made the photos of the Loch Ness Monster."
I am not saying that it cannot be seen, but just thought I would throw that out there! I hope to see them one day, glowing or not!
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