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I have absolutely no idea what this is. Found on the underside of a fallen tree, but it wasn't touching the ground. It was moist but not wet like I picture slime molds to be. Opened it up to find the brown substance inside. Probably about the same diameter as a US quarter.
Spotted on Apr 26, 2014
Submitted on Apr 27, 2014
6 Comments
It also might be a slime mold... like a Lycogala or... something like that. Few species are that big.
No idea what type of tree it was growing on. I'm awful at tree identification.
I guess is a gasteroid fungi (puffball) but few species grow in wood. I'm studying those in my phd. I'd love to see that on live!!
This is definitely a puffball, but not sure which one. It is old, as dandoucette suggested, and it is difficult to make out the texture pattern. Any idea what species of tree it was on?
I think it may be an old puffball. I've seen them like that before. Look on this link, 9 photos down, shows the inside of one.
http://www.nerjarob.com/nature/2011/12/s...
what a bizarre find...the closest thing i could think of that it could be is a slime mold. not all slime molds are wet, some are moist or dry