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Hypomyces lactifluorum
Bright orange fungus. This specimen 5" tall with a similar diameter. Found scattered about pine forest floor.
Sandstone glade.
So named due to the resemblance to a cooked lobster's shell. Not a mushroom, but a parasitic ascomycete that grows on mushrooms. Edible, can be found stocked in some large grocery stores.
Spotted on Oct 7, 2012
Submitted on Oct 8, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks for the ID. Too bad I didn't realize they're edible. There were quite a few of them :)
Maybe lobster fungus! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomyces_l...