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unidentified fungus
-2.56317, 140.504
Field Notes
Description:
A tough, dense, distinctly shaped fungus seen for the first time at this location (during a period of 6 years). I revisited the spot on May 2, 2014 and retrieved the largest "mushroom" (--they had shrunk somewhat). I replaced the last 3 photos with photos from the 2nd visit to show the inside. The fungus had a nice mushroomy aroma :-).
Habitat:
This fungus was growing on a rotten coconut log (Cocos nucifera) in a large semi-urban yard and garden next to a disturbed patch of remnant forest. This location is in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
Notes:
Is it a secotioid fungus? "Secotioid fungi are an intermediate growth form between mushroom-like hymenomycetes and closed bag-shaped gasteromycetes, where an evolutionary process of gasteromycetation has started but not run to completion." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secotioid
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