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Dead Man's Fingers

Xylaria polymorpha

Photo by Dan Doucette
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43.0904, -79.0861

Field Notes

Description:

about 8cm tall, light black, white inside, rock hard

Habitat:

urban garden

Notes:

I spotted this in a friends garden growing underneath periwinkle. Possible past it's prime as well. Upon close inspection it has a sort the watercolors of gasoline floating on top of a puddle. Very strange.

Reference Links:

Xylaria polymorpha

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Dead Man's Fingers

Xylaria polymorpha

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Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
Mushroom Mapping
Mission
Wildlife of the Niagara Region

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PublishedSeptember 2, 2011

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