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AdrianRose
18-03-2012, 05:07 PM
Went out for a stroll with the family today and came across these two beauties.

http://img.tapatalk.com/57705eee-23f5-25c9.jpg

I've been collecting Cramp Ball Fungus/King Alfred's Cakes (Daldinia Concentrica) for years now, but there have to be the biggest I have ever found.

I recon I could cook a burger on each of them :)

Ade.
Metal mug
18-03-2012, 05:56 PM
Impressive. You do see some real monster sized fungi now and again. Unfortunately I usually forget to carry a camera. :)
Fletching
18-03-2012, 06:00 PM
Whoa! That's a pair and a half!
Steve :)
Wham666
18-03-2012, 06:19 PM
Wow. They're whoppers!!
;)
AdrianRose
18-03-2012, 07:10 PM
Whoa! That's a meal and a half!

How would you cook that Ade, just fry in butter and garlic?

Steve :)

Unfortunately mate these bad boys are not edible. But when they are lit they glow like hot coals.

Ade.
Fletching
18-03-2012, 07:24 PM
Unfortunately mate these bad boys are not edible. But when they are lit they glow like hot coals.

Ade.

Doh, in my usual haste I read puffball fungus! I've got a bit' o' crampball in my firekit and I certainly wouldn't consider eating it without either hydraulic jaws (when dried) and a stomach pump on standby!

Thanks for the correction.

Steve :)
rossbird
18-03-2012, 07:42 PM
Hmm, nice pair you got there Ade:rolleye:
Well someone had to!!!
Tony
Ben Casey
18-03-2012, 08:18 PM
Wow :D
luresalive
18-03-2012, 08:56 PM
Cool, they're few and far between over here,only ever found a handful in all my years.
AdrianRose
18-03-2012, 10:11 PM
Cool, they're few and far between over here,only ever found a handful in all my years.

It's absolutely heaving with them here. I could go for a half hour walk and get a bin liner full of them.

They work great as coal/ember extenders.

Ade.
Roadkillphil
20-03-2012, 06:55 PM
Woah, theym beauties!! :D