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15-06-2011, 07:33 PM
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| | | Unidentified egg-like thing found partly buried in garden
I wonder if anyone here can identify what this could be. It's partly exposed in my garden soil in Scotland, about the size of a fist, contains a white "thing" that looks like it could be a growing animal which is hard when poked gently and is surrounded by a gelatinous coating.
eek....
I don't want to harm it if it is s living creature but I am very very scared to leave it.  
Last edited by alchera; 15-06-2011 at 07:39 PM.
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15-06-2011, 07:37 PM
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| | | Re: Egg like thing found partl buried in garden
Can you get a picture?
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15-06-2011, 07:40 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified egg-like thing found partly buried in garden
Sorry, Nigel. I forgot to include my pic at first. Should be there now... |
15-06-2011, 07:58 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified egg-like thing found partly buried in garden
Spooky-looking strange thing. Maybe post in the fungi forum too?
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16-06-2011, 12:14 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified egg-like thing found partly buried in garden
It does look like some kind of fungi. A type of puffball maybe? |
16-06-2011, 03:06 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified egg-like thing found partly buried in garden
Perhaps this might help : Phallus impudicus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It could be the so called 'Witches egg'.
Maybe you could take a new picture to update us?
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16-06-2011, 07:26 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified egg-like thing found partly buried in garden
I agree, it does look like the early stage of dog stinkhorn.
No need to be worried, alchera, it's interesting to see how it develops! |
16-06-2011, 08:37 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified egg-like thing found partly buried in garden
Thanks for all the helpful responses! It is, indeed a stinkhorn egg. Man...it still kind of creeps me out......I'm rather honoured to have such a strange thing growing in my garden though, but it's a tiny garden adjoined by 5 others and I'm really scared that the pong will annoy my daft neighbours.....I never kill anything I come across in life, but I'm not sure I can happily co-exist with this poor thing in me garden! |
16-06-2011, 11:41 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified egg-like thing found partly buried in garden
Hey the egg 'innards' are edible! personally having tried them I wouldn't bother but free grub is always a positive! 
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17-06-2011, 11:16 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified egg-like thing found partly buried in garden
These things normally grow and die pretty quickly, so you won't have it for long. Be sure to post a photo of it in its mature state. | | |
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