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0 1 King Alfred's Cake

King Alfred's Cake

by joa.jvmPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

0 1 King Alfred's Cakes

King Alfred's Cakes

by TabrisTabarsiSumatera Barat, Indonesia

Black and dry, maybe dead one. Approx. 1 cm in diameter.

0 0 Cramp Balls

Cramp Balls

by VivBraznellจังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช, Thailand

Dark pink/brown fruiting body on a thick stem. some multi headed .

3 3 Carbon ball

Carbon ball

by ErikNelsonArizona, USA

On Aspen in mixed conifer. 9000 feet.

0 0 Xylaria or Daldinia?

Xylaria or Daldinia?

by LipaseStockport, England, United Kingdom

flaked appart like old Daldinia

0 0 King Alfred's Cakes

King Alfred's Cakes

by joa.jvmPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

1 0 King Alfred's Cake Daldinia concentrica

King Alfred's Cake Daldinia concentrica

by FroTest Valley, England, United Kingdom

Carbon ball

1 0 Cramp Ball Mushroom

Cramp Ball Mushroom

by Elton_WizardPennsylvania, USA

Rural SW Pennsylvania

0 0 Cramp Balls?

Cramp Balls?

by rat.tumour aka lipaseEngland, United Kingdom

bn

0 0 Cramp Balls

Cramp Balls

by FinlayCoxSouth Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

0 0 Coal fungus

Coal fungus

by EduHerNavSonora, Mexico

0 0 Cramp Ball

Cramp Ball

by SeanEllsworthCalifornia, USA

2 7 Coal fungus

Coal fungus

by LuisStevensSan Luis Potosí, Mexico

Black fungus on an oak trunk. It looks hard.

2 0 Coal fungus

Coal fungus

by Brian38Federal Way, Washington, USA

Bumpy textured fungus that resembles coal.

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 6 King Alfreds Cake

King Alfreds Cake

by Noe and PiliMontoro, Andalucía, Spain

It is not a stone, is a fungi

0 0 King Alfred's Cake

King Alfred's Cake

by KatyGregoryRotherham, England, United Kingdom

On the side of an Ash tree, mature hedgerow on farmland

1 0 Cramp Balls/King Alfred's Cakes

Cramp Balls/King Alfred's Cakes

by LipaseStockport, England, United Kingdom

looking alive and healthy, growing on unknown tree species

0 0 Carbon Balls, Cramp Balls, King Alfred's Cakes

Carbon Balls, Cramp Balls, King Alfred's Cakes

by gatorfellowsDenton, Texas, USA

Black puffy balls on the end of a log. These are distinctive having blackish, ...

3 3 Cramp balls

Cramp balls

by VivBraznellจังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช, Thailand

Fungi. Cap 1"-1.5" diameter. Dull pink/red colour with black stalk. ...

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 ...

7 4 Coal fungus

Coal fungus

by Brian38Federal Way, Washington, USA

A shiny black ball shaped fungus that resembles coal. Aka King Alfred's cake, ...

0 0 Cramp Balls

Cramp Balls

by rat.tumourGwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom

I think these might have been Cramp balls (

2 3 unknown fungi

unknown fungi

by Debbie StewartRotherham, England, United Kingdom

These were growing from an Oak tree and definitely too large to be

0 0 Carbon Balls

Carbon Balls

by chesterbperryEast Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Also called charcoal fungus, when dry it makes excellent tinder, easily taking ...

4 0 King Alfred's Cakes

King Alfred's Cakes

by SargonRCooperton, Oklahoma, United States

King Alfred's Cakes fungi spotted in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, OK.

3 3 King Alfred's cakes

King Alfred's cakes

by SukanyaDattaKolkata, West Bengal, India

Irregular black masses growing where a branch had been cut.

3 0 Coal Fungus

Coal Fungus

by SukanyaDattaBardhaman, West Bengal, India

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

2 0 King Alfred's cakes

King Alfred's cakes

by Debbie StewartSheffield, England, United Kingdom

burned. Daldinia

1 0 Sir Alfred's cakes

Sir Alfred's cakes

by Hema ShahCalifornia, USA

burned. Daldinia

0 0 Cramp Balls?

Cramp Balls?

by LipaseHigh Peak, England, United Kingdom

species in the Daldinia genus which is a ...

0 1 Carbon Balls

Carbon Balls

by anne yenNew York City, New York

Carbon balls or cramp balls, Daldinia

0 0 King Alfred's Cakes

King Alfred's Cakes

by AlexKonigHorst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

burned. Daldinia

0 0 Carbon Balls

Carbon Balls

by chesterbperryTennessee, USA

Another common name is coal fungus, it does look like chunk of charcoal. It ...

3 3 Cramp Ball Fungus

Cramp Ball Fungus

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Also known as Tinder Fungus, Coal Fungus, Carbon Balls, and King Alfred's ...

2 0 Cramp Ball Fungus

Cramp Ball Fungus

by Neil RossWarwick, Queensland, Australia

Hopefully I have the correct ID for this spotting. What I think is

0 0 Cramp Balls

Cramp Balls

by rat.tumour aka lipaseHigh Peak, England, United Kingdom

The biggest one I've found so far in pic one. The reddy-brown stuff on pic one ...

0 0 King Alfred's Cake

King Alfred's Cake

by AlexKonigHeerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

Scientific name: Daldinia

0 0 Cramp Ball Fungus

Cramp Ball Fungus

by Neil RossParramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Also known as Tinder Fungus, Coal Fungus, Carbon Balls, and King Alfred's ...

1 4 King Alfred's Cakes

King Alfred's Cakes

by jgorneauNew York, USA

Daldinia

1 0 Hongo carbonífero

Hongo carbonífero

by Billo-kunOrizaba, Veracruz, Mexico

Carpóforo sésil formado por estromas con una forma irregularmente globosa o ...

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