Comments on: What In The Hell Is That?

By: Tom Towne

Tom Towne — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:04:48 +0000

Tree mushroom…..from a Cottonwood

By: Cherry

Cherry — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:37:17 +0000

I’m a retired forester, and this is definitely a dried up conk, the fruiting body of a shelf fungus that grows on a tree trunk. Many different fungi make these conks, and, when fresh, the bottom where the spores come out is soft enough to etch designs onto, so they are sometimes referred to as artist’s conk.

By: jim

jim — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:22:35 +0000

we call them toad stool

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:44:14 +0000

I don’t know what people i n other areas call it, but in these woods, we call it Turkey Tail. It is an edible mushroom, and Robby is right, they are quite tasty when young and tender.

By: Sue Benveniste

Sue Benveniste — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:29:18 +0000

It is the middle of a wagon wheel, I have one that was converted into a hanging lamp!

By: Robby

Robby — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:55:41 +0000

It`s a dried wood ear mushroom-thay taste great when they`re young and tender.

By: evalarue

evalarue — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:49:32 +0000

I think it’s a petrified placenta, gross – yes, but could be.

By: Kitty R

Kitty R — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:54:06 +0000

yup, this is definitely a dried tree fungus.

By: robert s.

robert s. — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:08:13 +0000

tree fungus

By: Blacktowercurios

Blacktowercurios — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:58:32 +0000

common name=Artist’s conk
Ganoderma lucidum is the latin term.

Used for folk art/line drawing on the bottom of this specie of polypore.