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These were very strange, and rather large. They ranged from 3 inches to almost 7 tall. Just a stem (or some type of candlestick fungus)... there was a hole that ran down the center, they were approximately 1/3 inch in diameter and only found one spot where they were growing. In that spot, we found about 10 or so of them. The pattern on the stem wiped off easily.
Spotted on Nov 20, 2011
Submitted on Nov 20, 2011
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Thanks for the suggestion and input! I would like to get back there in the next week or two and see if something grows out of that center! I'll look around at the stink horns... maybe there is one that will fit.
when all were identicly, i would have no suggestion for this, because i could think off: that some where bitten of, but all?? maybe misformed or really some species i have never seen before (which would not be impossibly, they are SO many fungi out there !!) sorry can not help, no idea !
Sorry, I hit the post too quickly! The top was diagonal but looked as though a piece of paper had been rolled... sort of layered at the edge of where the ends come together..., if that makes sense.
They did NOT look as though they'd been bitten at all... there were 10 or so and all looked identical.
Yes, I forgot to add that... it certainly was coming out of an egg! I also wondered if it were just a stem and the tops had been knocked off... but there was not a single mushroom top laying around anywhere!
maybe "common stinkhorn (phallus impudicus)" without the top-section. these fungi are hollow in the center. was it comming out of an "egg" ( http://www.projectnoah.org/organisms#?se... )?? you wrote "they", were there more?? and did the top maybe looked a bit, bite off??