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orange octopus mushrooms
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Posted by starhippe ga coast (My Page) on Sun, Oct 7, 07 at 10:13
| i have these really weird orange mushrooms coming up in the front yard that appear to have legs and a hat with a hole in it. they appear to grow about 4 to 6 inches a day. can anyone tell me what they are? i am going to try to post links to the pics...
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RE: orange octopus mushrooms
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| I've seen these in books and online,i think its some kind of morel fungus |
RE: orange octopus mushrooms
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| You have a common stink horn. Flies like them. they don't really smell unless you stick your nose up to the brown slimy end that forms. |
RE: orange octopus mushrooms
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| That one is commonly called the Octopus Stinkhorn, Clathus columnatus. |
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