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Field Notes

Description:

Looks like it could be either a plant or mushroom. Red, stiff conical folding growth pattern that looks like a pair of horns sticking out of the ground.

Habitat:

Was found in a fresh water wetland type area growing in decaying piles of debris

Species ID Suggestions

Skunk cabbage

Simplocarpus foetidus
Chaenorrhinum
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Comments (1)
ScottBuckley
You're right - my first guess is some sort of mushroom... not your average cup mushroom though. Beyond that... :D

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Mission
Mushroom Mapping
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 25, 2012

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