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geckomage
The Magical Gecko



Registered: 06/24/12
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What the hell is this monstrosity?
#18730877 - 08/20/13 04:10 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Habitat: Where does it grow? was in a wooded area growing on rotted leaves in the rolling hills of eastern kansas.
Gills: it didn't seem to have any gills. it was just a big bulbous top covered in spores.
Stem: about 6" long. firm. white. 2.5" thick.
Cap: about the size of a softball
Spore print color: i'd say a rust color mixed with an avocado green.
Bruising: none that i noticed
Other information:

i wear a size 13 xx wide shoe.
here's the cap (some jackass came along and kicked the mushroom so it was broken and kind of damaged.

underside view
here's the cap covered in spores. right as i was leaving i gave it a good kick and it left a cloud of those spores in it's wake rolling off into the brush. figure'd since someone killed that one i'd help more grow. :P
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geckomage
The Magical Gecko



Registered: 06/24/12
Posts: 51
Last seen: 6 years, 9 days
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Re: What the hell is this monstrosity? [Re: geckomage]
#18730880 - 08/20/13 04:12 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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PS: yes i know my toe nails could use a trim. you know how hard it is to find clippers for these damn things? break pretty much every pair i try. i have toenails of STEEL. O.O
-------------------- "If the words 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence McKenna "He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice." -Albert Einstein "If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?" - Scott Adams
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TimmiT


Registered: 03/23/10
Posts: 5,303
Loc: Victoria
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Re: What the hell is this monstrosity? [Re: geckomage]
#18731132 - 08/20/13 07:17 AM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's a puffball of some description. Maybe a Calvatia species.
-------------------- "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination" ~ John Lennon
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