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BS Ecology & Environmental Science, Appalachian State. Currently working in Invasive Plant Management
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Looks like a young elderberry.
Found it! Has a white flower in a day or two.
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result....
I think this is a Physalis sp., probably virginiana. A type of ground cherry in the nightshade family. If it is- it's poisonous when unripe, but delicious when ripe and is used in jams and such. If those fruits are like papery chinese lanterns with berries inside that's probably what it is.
I agree about the uncertainty in the world of fungi. I took a mycology class in university and we were only responsible for identification to genus level most of the time. There is just a lot of variability within species even. Very challenging.
Anybody know what makes a row of trees grow into this pattern? Light penetration maybe?
Ah, "false chanterelle". That would explain a lot, including the bright orange color. Danke vielmals!