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A very odd-looking fungi, along the side of the road in oak scrub habitat. Pure sand. About 2 inches in diameter, central section raised about 1/2" above the outer section.
Oak scrub habitat, across from the public shooting range on Rt. 11 N in the Ocala National Forest.
Spotted on Aug 27, 2013
Submitted on Aug 28, 2013
5 Comments
It was a couple years ago, but I seem to remember it feeling hard and woody.. like a dried out polypore. I also noticed the rings around the outer margin... like "turkey tail" has rings.
Did you touch it? Certain it is fungi? Maybe a salt eruption ..a slow upward seeping of salty fluid which is drying and building height. The centre looks that way and some of the outer margin looks crumbly.
A ranger suggested this may be an inverted shelf-fungi, like "turkey tail" or something similar. Any comments?
It's Florida Scrub... anything is possible! :) I didn't dig around, since the soil substrate is so fragile. Next time maybe I'll do it delicately. In the name of scientific inquiry, of course.... lol
Amazing. Some wood under that sand maybe?