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Spotting

Description:

Soft, rubbery, and possibly confused fungus. Not sure if those are the gills on top, or what is exactly going on. Southern Hackberry, Maple, Paw Paw, and Beech in immediate vicinity.

Habitat:

Mixed Woods

1 Species ID Suggestions

Hare's ear
Otidea onotica Otidea onotica (MushroomExpert.Com)


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4 Comments

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 11 years ago

That would have to be one extremely convoluted hare's ear, doubt this is a cup fungi.

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 11 years ago

I was not able to find any information to support Crepidotus.

Mariana2
Mariana2 11 years ago

probably a member of the crepidotus family..crepidotus cesatii looks pretty similar but not sure about it

camila.dodik
camila.dodik 11 years ago

That's really cool. It does look like it's growing upside-down. I would be curious to know what it is.

chesterbperry
Spotted by
chesterbperry

Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Aug 29, 2012
Submitted on Sep 1, 2012

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