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Unknown fungus

Photo by injica
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Field Notes

Description:

Around 5cm (+/-1cm)

Habitat:

Tropical dry forest of Tamil Nadu.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (10)
injica
But leaving that precise shape after? eating in way to left the remains to resemble fungus/lichens, and leaving nothing around on the ground?? dont know... i really have no explanation... maybe ufo could be an answer ;PPP
HemaShah
Maybe some animal was eaten and the skin left behind. Birds of prey can really wipe the meal clean. Mystery indeed.
injica
I dont know....it was attached on the wood...
injica
But I never saw such a hard skin being released?!
HemaShah
Arun, i think so too. They shed in portions?
Arun
looks like snake skin
injica
If i knew anything else sure I would mentioned it! ;)
Leuba Ridgway
sorry I confused you perhaps -I know where Auroville is - I was talking about the specimen really !. It doesn't really matter....have fun taking pictures !!
Leuba Ridgway
It would help greatly if you wrote something about where you found this specimen, how big it was, etc...it looks interesting
injica
In Auroville which is showed on the map, anyway Auroville is a little village inside the tropical dry forest...don't know anything else.

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Mission
Mushroom Mapping
Mission
Tamil Nadu Biodiversity
Photographed
PublishedMarch 4, 2012

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