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Xylaria polymorpha

Photo by AlexKonig
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Field Notes

Habitat:

leaves wood forrest ---> on a little bit open space

Notes:

The dark fruiting body (often black or brown, but sometimes shades of blue/green) is surprisingly white on the inside, with a blackened dotted area all around

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
AlexKonig
maybe !! i have in my book a thelephora palmata but this one is white. and if i remember good, it almost dosn't smelled.
Saarbrigger
For me it looks a bit like a "thelephora palmata". I his case it has stromg smell.

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Mushroom Mapping
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PublishedAugust 28, 2011

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