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Field Notes

Description:

Fungus emerging out of sandy soil from under a leaf.

Habitat:

This spotting in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a patch of disturbed remnant forest.

Notes:

Fourth photo is from two days later. Fifth photo five days later. For a view of growth/change 15 days later, look here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7681644

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (10)

clive, had you seen, how it goes further with this spotting. And also have i seen 1-2 similiar one here at projectnoah. the suggestion of a xylariaceae is already out of question. further specimen : ( http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7681644 ) ; ( http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5900806 ), i have no idea, at the beginn it resembles somewhat a xylaria species but the white tip developed to an cap, really never seen anything like this before.
This was indeed very odd as it was growing out of a pure sand layer (in a raised flower bed)...
When I noticed this slipping by I was certain it must be by Clive. I'm keen to find out about this one.
I was hoping...but with development of the cap (see http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7681644) I suppose it is not in the coral fungi family...
See this 15 days later on here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7681644
now the little white top begins to get bigger. the structure of the black/grey let me puzzle. do you think it is growing on the leaf or lays the leaf just above. will you / can you follow this fungi some days? will look by again
i'm not sure, because it is a bit different (maybe just indonesian species from it) but it ressembles the xylaria hypoxylon ( http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7473587 ).take a look into the genas: xylaria, clavaria/clavulina or just the fam: clavariaceae. i'm thinking about since some hours. My best guess is fam: xylaria ( http://www.google.com/search?pq=google&hl=en&sugexp=kjrmc&cp=0&gs_id=7&xhr=t&q=ascocoryne+sarcoides&rls=com.microsoft:nl&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1203&bih=600&bs=1&wrapid=tljp131880293324202&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi#um=1&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:nl&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=xylariaceae&oq=xylariaceae&aq=f&aqi=g-S1&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=64161l68643l3l69526l11l11l0l2l2l1l530l3049l2-4.3.1.1l9l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=acb0c6a0e6baa20e&biw=1203&bih=600 )

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