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Ezthegro
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What the hell is this??
#19358868 - 01/02/14 02:35 PM (10 years, 28 days ago) |
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I found this while hiking with some buddies of mine a few years back sticking out of soil and roots. I always wondered what it was. If you look closely, you'll notice it's a few mushrooms growing out of each other. It had some wild colors to it. I always wanted to find out what it was but never took the time to do the research. Whether it was psychoactive or not, I highly doubt it, but it did have a certain mystical look about it.
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Re: What the hell is this?? [Re: Ezthegro]
#19358904 - 01/02/14 02:43 PM (10 years, 28 days ago) |
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Some decayed Omphalotus sp.? Hard to tell...
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Re: What the hell is this?? [Re: Ezthegro]
#19358907 - 01/02/14 02:44 PM (10 years, 28 days ago) |
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That's pretty cool! Maybe it was a cluster of Omphalotus that dried out and took on some really cool colors.
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Re: What the hell is this?? [Re: suchen]
#19358911 - 01/02/14 02:45 PM (10 years, 28 days ago) |
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reminds me of old Sarcomyxa serotina
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Ezthegro
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Re: What the hell is this?? [Re: Ezthegro]
#19358997 - 01/02/14 03:01 PM (10 years, 28 days ago) |
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Wow thanks guys! Some google image searches has given me confidence that it is either of the two. Not sure if it matters but a trail had been made by cutting out a portion of a small hill. I found it on the face of the unearthed layers of sediment next to some roots of a tree that we're previously buried but now exposed by digging out of the trail.
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Re: What the hell is this?? [Re: Ezthegro]
#19359059 - 01/02/14 03:13 PM (10 years, 28 days ago) |
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The funky colors and almost non-existent and/or lateral stems do lean toward Sarcomyxa. I like that idea better, though jack o'lanterns would be more likely to fruit from tree roots. Though if they didn't start growing until the roots were exposed... hmm.
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Re: What the hell is this?? [Re: suchen]
#19359094 - 01/02/14 03:22 PM (10 years, 28 days ago) |
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Probably an old Omphalotus olivascens
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Ezthegro
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Re: What the hell is this?? [Re: suchen]
#19359107 - 01/02/14 03:24 PM (10 years, 28 days ago) |
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Can either of them be found in Southern California?
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: What the hell is this?? [Re: Ezthegro]
#19359115 - 01/02/14 03:25 PM (10 years, 28 days ago) |
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Omphalotus olivascens is very common in Southern California. Sarcomyxa serotina is only found in far Northern California.
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Re: What the hell is this?? [Re: vjp]
#19359767 - 01/02/14 05:24 PM (10 years, 28 days ago) |
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vjp said: reminds me of old Sarcomyxa serotina
I think thats an interesting idea, but i dont know. 
I agree with Omphalotus sp. Especially looking at the base. Sarcomyxa serotina will have a band of stem and not have gills running all the way down the stem.
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Re: What the hell is this?? [Re: Joust]
#19363597 - 01/03/14 02:03 PM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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I know what it is... totally badass!
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