- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Think these are a type of Coprinus growing on our wood chippings 
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Fungus Pictures
- Thread starter Zigs
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Anniekay
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- Location
- Quitman, Ga.
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
I do have a few mushrooms that come up in my yard at different times of the year, but, I have one kind that stays right through the year, never has withered away, as of yet and it's a very odd color, for a mushroom.
Anniekay
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- Location
- Quitman, Ga.
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
But seriously, these two came up in my yard and I like them. The one in the grass is a little strange, curly and ruffly.
I have no idea about mushrooms, all I know the name of is "the stinking horn" that no one could forget once they smell it.
I have no idea about mushrooms, all I know the name of is "the stinking horn" that no one could forget once they smell it.
I like your sense of humour Annie, and might just add that, evidently, so I've heard, some naughty people get rid of their enemies with a subtle helping of these fungi at dinner time. The curly one is a bit difficult to see. I wonder if anyone will be able to identify it 
Anniekay
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- Location
- Quitman, Ga.
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Thank you Tetters, and if it only weren't illegal, I do have someone in mind that a very last steak and mushroom dinner invitation would save me a bucket load of trouble in future. But, alas, in lieu of committing a felony, I'll keep me mushrooms to meself !!I like your sense of humour Annie, and might just add that, evidently, so I've heard, some naughty people get rid of their enemies with a subtle helping of these fungi at dinner time. The curly one is a bit difficult to see. I wonder if anyone will be able to identify it
Dirtmechanic
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- Hardiness zone
- 8a
Ever seen a dancing mushroom? Someone decided to grow fungi into a robot. I nominate @Zigs to represent humanity for when they start talking.
www.sciencealert.com
Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body And Let It Run Wild
Nobody knows what sleeping mushrooms dream of when their vast mycelial networks flicker and pulse with electrochemical responses akin to those of our own brain cells.
www.sciencealert.com
Anniekay
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- Location
- Quitman, Ga.
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Looks like that robot has given the mushroom a seizure !!Ever seen a dancing mushroom? Someone decided to grow fungi into a robot. I nominate @Zigs to represent humanity for when they start talking.
Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body And Let It Run Wild
Nobody knows what sleeping mushrooms dream of when their vast mycelial networks flicker and pulse with electrochemical responses akin to those of our own brain cells.
Anniekay
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- Location
- Quitman, Ga.
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
This one was in my driveway which has gravel beneath with grass and a few inches soil over that.
The two black pots that look like eyeballs are from where I touched it and the white stuff came off on my fingers. Looks like a little Alien from the planet Gravellus !!
The two black pots that look like eyeballs are from where I touched it and the white stuff came off on my fingers. Looks like a little Alien from the planet Gravellus !!
Dirtmechanic
Active member
- Hardiness zone
- 8a
I decided it was one of those happy mushrooms
Are you sure that's a fungus Annie? It looks like tents to me - like the ones spiders make to keep their eggs in.This one was in my driveway which has gravel beneath with grass and a few inches soil over that.
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The two black pots that look like eyeballs are from where I touched it and the white stuff came off on my fingers. Looks like a little Alien from the planet Gravellus !!
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Anniekay
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- Location
- Quitman, Ga.
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Do they make them with the consistency of thick cardboard? I just assumed it was a fungus, I really don't knowAre you sure that's a fungus Annie? It looks like tents to me - like the ones spiders make to keep their eggs in.
Meadowlark
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- Hardiness zone
- 9a
The new milkweed garden is sporting some fungus which joined the about to bloom orange butterfly milkweed. The seedlings showing are also orange milkweed plants coming on.
Zigs said he thought that was a parasol fungus? The milkweed is doing ok! (Asclepia)
I really don't know either AnnieDo they make them with the consistency of thick cardboard? I just assumed it was a fungus, I really don't know
Meadowlark
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- Hardiness zone
- 9a
That seems appropriately named. Research shows it is a near lookalike to a toxic false parasol ( Chlorophyllum molybdites) which can cause gastric problems...so I will not consume.Zigs said he thought that was a parasol fungus? The milkweed is doing ok! (Asclepia)
I'm pleased so far with the milkweed plants I started back in early July. They have all survived to this point and I have several seedlings coming on that I just planted...swamp milkweed, butterfly milkweed, rose milkweed and asters. I'm hoping some (many) plants will come back next spring and next year, if they don't show here this fall, the monarchs will show themselves. That would be neat!
Dirtmechanic
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- Hardiness zone
- 8a
Lol I saw that on my youtube feed. They were a bit wiggly!I'll see your dancing mushroom and raise you a dancing cactus
Sheal
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- Location
- Ross-shire Scotland
- Hardiness zone
- 8a
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
This came up in Tetter's new hedge today
I found this Sheal - ..... Angel wings resemble oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus spp.), but oyster mushrooms are common on hardwoods, whereas angel wings only grow on conifer wood. Oyster mushrooms are rarely pure white, and they are thicker and fleshier than angel wings.
It wouldn't do to get them mixed up
