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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)
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[-] protist@mander.xyz 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] protist@mander.xyz 14 points 1 month ago

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 1 month ago

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 1 month ago

Mmmm...forbidden black garlic

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