+Betts2007 Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Seen this on a cache I found on Sunday and I didn't want to disturb it as I didn't know what it was so I took a picture of it as proof for my log. It has been found since than and no one has mentioned it. Let me know what you think it might be so I know for next time http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC17884_knocking-on-the-garden-gate?guid=65de602d-0b85-4787-bd51-8bba22e02a28 Quote
+Uncle Alaska Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) Looks like a Laetiporus shelf or bracket fungus. Though if it is near the root of the tree it might be the fungal portion of a root disease as well. Edited July 31, 2015 by Uncle Alaska Quote
+jellis Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) Yes its a species of shelf/bracket fungus/mushroom. It's not on the cache it is under the cache. You can see the tree behind the cache where the shelf fungus is growing off of. Edited July 31, 2015 by jellis Quote
+jellis Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Oh and some are edible but I wouldn't eat it. Quote
+Betts2007 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Posted July 31, 2015 Eww I wouldn't eat it, guess I'll need to pack some gloves for things I'm not sure about Quote
GPS-Hermit Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Add it to your collection of mushroom type pictures - I would remove it from the cache after taking the picture! Mushrooms pop up pretty quickly! Quote
+niraD Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Eww I wouldn't eat it, guess I'll need to pack some gloves for things I'm not sure aboutI wouldn't worry about touching it, but I certainly wouldn't eat a mushroom that hasn't been verified by a local wild-mushroom expert. We have a poisonous mushroom in this area that looks a lot like an edible mushroom that grows elsewhere, with the inevitable cases of mushroom poisoning when non-locals see what they think is an edible mushroom. Quote
+TeamRabbitRun Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 And by the way, that photo looks like an absolute spoiler. Just sayin'... Quote
+J Grouchy Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Only crazy, seriously demented people intentionally eat fungi. Quote
+NYPaddleCacher Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Only crazy, seriously demented people intentionally eat fungi. Some people think I'm too serious but I'm really a fungi. Quote
+cerberus1 Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Only crazy, seriously demented people intentionally eat fungi. Some people think I'm too serious but I'm really a fungi. Moss say, I've taken a lichen to this thread, with so little in spore taste. - There's probably a morel to the story. Quote
+colleda Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Only crazy, seriously demented people intentionally eat fungi. Some people think I'm too serious but I'm really a fungi. Moss say, I've taken a lichen to this thread, with so little in spore taste. - There's probably a morel to the story. And the log is mush with no more room. Quote
+TeamRabbitRun Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Only crazy, seriously demented people intentionally eat fungi. Some people think I'm too serious but I'm really a fungi. Moss say, I've taken a lichen to this thread, with so little in spore taste. - There's probably a morel to the story. And the log is mush with no more room. HA! This one wins, I think. Quote
knowschad Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Only crazy, seriously demented people intentionally eat fungi. Some people think I'm too serious but I'm really a fungi. Moss say, I've taken a lichen to this thread, with so little in spore taste. - There's probably a morel to the story. And the log is mush with no more room. Well-played. I think I have a new geocaching term: Mushroom cache. The log is mush and there's no room. Love it! Quote
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