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0 0 Coal fungus

Coal fungus

by EduHerNavSonora, Mexico

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Coal fungus

by Brian38Federal Way, Washington, USA

A shiny black ball shaped fungus that ...

2 0 Coal fungus

Coal fungus

by Brian38Federal Way, Washington, USA

Bumpy textured fungus that resembles

3 0 Coal Fungus

Coal Fungus

by SukanyaDattaBardhaman, West Bengal, India

Black. It looks pretty much like animal dropping, actually.

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Coal fungus

by LuisStevensSan Luis Potosí, Mexico

Black fungus on an oak trunk. It looks hard.

0 0 Cramp Balls, King Alfred's Cake, Coal fungus, Carbon Balls

Cramp Balls, King Alfred's Cake, Coal fungus, Carbon Balls

by VivBraznellจังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช, Thailand

Ball shaped but with a flat side attached to rotten branch. Dark pink colour, ...

1 0 Sir Alfred's cakes

Sir Alfred's cakes

by Hema ShahCalifornia, USA

. It resembles a chunk of coal, which gives ...

0 0 Carbon Balls

Carbon Balls

by chesterbperryTennessee, USA

Another common name is coal

2 3 King Alfred's cake fungus

King Alfred's cake fungus

by hg_williams3Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Hard, spherical, dark coloured fungi, that grow in groups. They resemble lumps ...

3 0 King Alfred's Cake

King Alfred's Cake

by MachiMaine, USA

Brown with a goose bump-like texture. Black inside, and one compartment seems ...

2 0 King Alfred's cakes

King Alfred's cakes

by Debbie StewartSheffield, England, United Kingdom

. It resembles a chunk of coal, which gives ...

0 0 Cramp Ball Fungus

Cramp Ball Fungus

by Neil RossParramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Also known as Tinder Fungus,

3 3 Cramp Ball Fungus

Cramp Ball Fungus

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Also known as Tinder Fungus,

4 5 Witches' Butter

Witches' Butter

by Zlatan CelebicAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Tromelin Island

Black (very black) lumps, some 1 to 4 cm in diameter, growing on the underside ...

0 1 Daldinia fungi

Daldinia fungi

by ArgyBeeVictoria, Australia

35mm diameter almost spherical very hard dusty pink with small patches of ...

0 0 King Alfred's Cakes

King Alfred's Cakes

by AlexKonigHorst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

. It resembles a chunk of coal, which gives ...

2 0 Cramp Ball Fungus

Cramp Ball Fungus

by Neil RossWarwick, Queensland, Australia

it's been burnt to a crisp. Carbon balls and

1 4 King Alfred's Cakes

King Alfred's Cakes

by jgorneauNew York, USA

Daldinia concentrica. Some common names for this

0 0 King Alfred's Cake

King Alfred's Cake

by AlexKonigHeerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

) fruit bodies are grayish-white to pinkish- brown at first. During these ...

1 0 Mica cap,Shiny cap,Glistening inky cap

Mica cap,Shiny cap,Glistening inky cap

by ΚώσταςΤσιλιγκάνοςStřední Čechy, Czech Republic

The cap is initially 1–2.5 cm (0.4–1.0 in) in diameter, oval to cylindrical, ...

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