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4 0 King Alfred's Cakes

King Alfred's Cakes

by SargonRCooperton, Oklahoma, United States

King

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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

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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.

1 1 Spotting

Spotting

by rachmkendallStratford-on-Avon, England, United Kingdom

Black brown clumps of fungi is this King ...

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

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

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, ...

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.

2 3 King Alfred's cake fungus

King Alfred's cake fungus

by hg_williams3Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

cakes giving it many namesakes.

2 0 King Alfred's cakes

King Alfred's cakes

by Debbie StewartSheffield, England, United Kingdom

carbon balls. According to legend, King ...

1 0 Sir Alfred's cakes

Sir Alfred's cakes

by Hema ShahCalifornia, USA

carbon balls. According to legend, King ...

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, ...

1 2 King Alfred's Cakes

King Alfred's Cakes

by CindyBinghamKeiserMill Valley, California, USA

There were several of these on nearby trees. They were black, round, and had a ...

3 0 Coal Fungus

Coal Fungus

by SukanyaDattaBardhaman, West Bengal, India

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

2 0 Coal fungus

Coal fungus

by Brian38Federal Way, Washington, USA

Bumpy textured fungus that resembles coal.

0 0 King Alfred's Cake

King Alfred's Cake

by AlexKonigHeerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

; Crampballs; King

0 0 King Alfred's Cakes

King Alfred's Cakes

by AlexKonigHorst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

carbon balls. According to legend, King ...

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

3 3 Cramp Ball Fungus

Cramp Ball Fungus

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Also known as Tinder Fungus, Coal Fungus, Carbon Balls, and

1 4 King Alfred's Cakes

King Alfred's Cakes

by jgorneauNew York, USA

Balls, or King

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 Daldinia ...

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