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This fungus is growing on a hard-packed crushed granite RV pad that gets blasted with afternoon sun. What could be surviving here? (mander.xyz)
submitted 6 months ago by protist@mander.xyz to c/mycology@mander.xyz
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[–] protist@mander.xyz 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Central Texas zone 8b, near the Balcones Canyonlands. Escarpment live oak and Ashe juniper growing nearby.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Went ahead and sliced it open. This is not a puffball, based on what I'm reading it's probably an earthball. Might be Scleroderma polyrhizum "dead man's hand" or Scleroderma michiganense "potato earthball." Either way, not going to eat this one!

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Google image search tells me that's either an earth puffball or a piece of bread with black garlic on it.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 6 months ago

Mmmm...forbidden black garlic