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[Sprinter]

Yes I know it's a 50p, but it's the brown thing I'm interested in. Stumbled upon it in my pheasant pen tonight. It's about the hardness of a potato if that helps any diagnosis (no it's not a potato....)

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Truffle?

[bruno22rf]

Think it's called a Gall, caused by a wasp from memory.

[ditchman]

maccaroon?

[Sprinter]

8 hours ago, bruno22rf said:

Think it's called a Gall, caused by a wasp from memory.

I think you're onto something here. I might try cutting it in half if it's where I left it and I remember?

[JKD]

2 hours ago, Sprinter said:

I think you're onto something here. I might try cutting it in half if it's where I left it and I remember?

I'm sure galls only appear on oak trees ?

And are smaller than a 50p 😉

[JDog]

That is a mystery object. It is unlikely to be an Oak gall given its size unless you have giant Oak gall wasps in your area.

[Penelope]

Puffball, isn't it?

[mellors]

Some kind of Puff ball ???. 

 

[old'un]

Bracket fungi.

[old'un]

3 hours ago, Sprinter said:

I think you're onto something here. I might try cutting it in half if it's where I left it and I remember?

It will be very leathery inside, the bigger ones are dried and used for taking any burrs off a newly sharpened knife, fine honing.

[bruno22rf]

Looks like a common Oak Gall after searching google.

[JKD]

1 hour ago, bruno22rf said:

Looks like a common Oak Gall after searching google.

Yes indeed 👍 and if it is, it's bigger than the suggested 2" maximum size 😆

Tastes like a gooseberry, apparently 🤷‍♂️ Waiting for the taste-test to prove this 😁😂

[Sprinter]

Well here it is cut in half. White outer case with some sort of brown semi firm mush inside. I didn't taste it and I'm not going to!

[old'un]

I take that back, its not bracket fungi… as said by Penelope and mellors it looks like a puff ball, but well past its best like the one below.

 

[Sprinter]

1 hour ago, old'un said:

I take that back, its not bracket fungi… as said by Penelope and mellors it looks like a puff ball, but well past its best like the one below.

 

Must be well past it's best it was quite tough to cut. I'll have to have a scout around to see if there are any more about. The usual puffballs we get are larger and white.

[enfieldspares]

Earwax sucked from Trump's ear by the vortex of a passing 5.56mm NATO bullet fired by the Milwaukee sniper?

[martinj]

46 minutes ago, enfieldspares said:

Earwax sucked from Trump's ear by the vortex of a passing 5.56mm NATO bullet fired by the Milwaukee sniper?

😝 😁

I initially thought Oak gall but when cut open It looks like a baby earth ball or some kind of puff ball, the dark brown inner will be a mass of spoors when ripe. If you smell it (not recommended if spoors are like dust,) it will probably smell like a 'shroom.

[Sprinter]

6 hours ago, martinj said:

😝 😁

I initially thought Oak gall but when cut open It looks like a baby earth ball or some kind of puff ball, the dark brown inner will be a mass of spoors when ripe. If you smell it (not recommended if spoors are like dust,) it will probably smell like a 'shroom.

Plucked up the courage to give it a sniff. A bit earthy but not really mushroomy ?

[imissed12]

Puff ball

[martinj]

Probably, what's bothering me is that puff ball "innards" are usually white until the spores ripen and they collapse into a brown mass, it's a bit early for that although not impossible.

Earth balls are black inside so it's not one of those:

I suspect that it is a puffball but not a common variety, it's not a truffle.

You don't see many of these either 😊:

 

 

Edited July 18 by martinj

[Bobba]

1 hour ago, martinj said:

 

 

Somewhere to park your bike as Billy Connolly might say !!

[martinj]

😁

[old man]

On 18/07/2024 at 14:36, martinj said:

Probably, what's bothering me is that puff ball "innards" are usually white until the spores ripen and they collapse into a brown mass, it's a bit early for that although not impossible.

Earth balls are black inside so it's not one of those:

I suspect that it is a puffball but not a common variety, it's not a truffle.

You don't see many of these either 😊:

 

 

That's just Teflon Tony trying to hide?