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02-09-2008, 01:22 PM
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| | | Looks enough like a truffle to get excited. ID please?
I'm very curious as to what this is. Surface-collected, but I haven't managed to find an accurate photo comparision.  |
02-09-2008, 01:37 PM
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| | | Re: Looks enough like a truffle to get excited. ID please?
Sorry to dissapoint ropley I think you have found a scleroderma an earthball 
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02-09-2008, 01:45 PM
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| | | Re: Looks enough like a truffle to get excited. ID please?
Dang!
Thanks. Fantastically quick reply. |
02-09-2008, 03:08 PM
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| | | Re: Looks enough like a truffle to get excited. ID please?
............very funny 'Earthball' though - I've no idea what the species is.
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02-09-2008, 03:28 PM
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| | | Re: Looks enough like a truffle to get excited. ID please?
Quote:
Originally Posted by fairplay  ............very funny 'Earthball' though - I've no idea what the species is.
Neil. | I would agree Neil thats why I didn't offer any ID beyond earthball 
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02-09-2008, 04:23 PM
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| | | Re: Looks enough like a truffle to get excited. ID please?
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Originally Posted by fairplay ............very funny 'Earthball' though - I've no idea what the species is.
Neil. | Why not just a very 'nobbly' / mis-shapen Scleroderma verrucosum - one of the basidiomes seems to have quite a thick stipe like projection ont he base (although difficult to see clearly with the orientation of the thing !)
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