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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 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 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!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

Mmmm...forbidden black garlic