What's All This Then

[Wild Thing]

Hi Folks

Out for a walk with the dog yesterday and saw this on the side of a tree stump.

It feels a little soft to the touch and as you can see it is a lot darker by the stump and gets lighter in colour further out.

Sorry about the picture quality, only had my phone with me, can get better pictures if necessary.

Can anybody tell me what it is please.

Thanks

Phill

 

[calibanzwei]

Looks to me like some kind of heavily distorted bracket fungus.

 

[hiho]

its is an old bracket fungus.

 

[Wild Thing]

Cheers guys.

Is it likely to still be good as tinder??

 

[calibanzwei]

Depends what bracket fungus it is

 

[21st century pict]

Is it as dead one of these? I hope you find out because i am dying to know what this is.
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[calibanzwei]

Off topic - me and Wild Thing could be...er... forum twins? Both joined Jan '09 and 82X posts between us!

 

[hiho]

Off topic - me and Wild Thing could be...er... forum twins? Both joined Jan '09 and 82X posts between us!

1 post different....

 

[ocean1975]

Looks like an artist fungus to me.

 

[Wild Thing]

Is it as dead one of these? I hope you find out because i am dying to know what this is.
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That certainly looks like it to me, except that the one I saw definitely looks worse for wear.

 

[udamiano]

try this

http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5346~source~gallerychooserresult.asp

 

[Biker]

Looks like an artist fungus to me.

Oi! Just what are you insinuating!!! I do get up from this desk a lot more than you think AND I shower regularly (at least twice a month)

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr








Artists fungus, who'd have thought it.

 

[malente]

I first thought it looked like a big pile of dog poo!