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Big S'hroom

I came across this large, strangely shaped mushroom on a walk recently.  I hired a hand model to show it's size which I have linked here: For scale.

 

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Jason Spooner with Crooked Still - Girl From the North Country.

Big S'hroom

I came across this large, strangely shaped mushroom on a walk recently.  I hired a hand model to show it's size which I have linked here: For scale.

 

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Jason Spooner with Crooked Still - Girl From the North Country.

comments (20)

I think it is smiling at you... smile
Mary MacADNski: I smiled right back.
  • Ray
  • Thailand
  • 12 Oct 2011, 01:13
She looks woody and substantial, Mary.
Mary MacADNski: I've not ever seen one like it.
Well he looks quite relaxed out there in the sun Mary... great capture with the flowers to show the contrast....petersmile
Mary MacADNski: I think it surely is relaxed - no place to go, no one to bother it.
Looks like a hat! Great find there - I love big mushrooms they just seem so otherworldly - popping up over night...
Mary MacADNski: This was amazing. I usually show run of the mill type mushrooms but this was a first.
  • vintage
  • Australia
  • 12 Oct 2011, 07:37
Its a bigin
Mary MacADNski: It surely is.
  • Chris
  • England
  • 12 Oct 2011, 09:08
Yikes - that is BIG! I wonder if it's edible?
Mary MacADNski: I have no idea and would not be experimenting.
nice sign of fall
Mary MacADNski: Yes, fall is here with the most beautiful days and cooler nights.
  • Louis
  • South Africa
  • 12 Oct 2011, 10:35
You hire hands? How much?

Interesting discovery. Big thing would fill a pot.
Mary MacADNski: Do your hands look as well kept as my hand models? Apply only if so....
My word it is quite a big one isn't it.
Mary MacADNski: Gigantic and shaped so unusually.
That's an unusual looking one. Big too.
Mary MacADNski: Really odd!
He's tipping his hat at you... I also like her thumb ring on the -for scale- shot.
Mary MacADNski: Perfect hands for the job, eh?
  • Chad Doveton
  • Where latitude and longitude meet.
  • 12 Oct 2011, 17:10
Did you dare eat it Mary, it is a monster alright.
Mary MacADNski: I'm not that crazy, Chad. I enjoyed looking at it and photographing it very much though.
  • Alan
  • United Kingdom
  • 12 Oct 2011, 19:32
Thanks for the other image, Mary; good to see the size of this. I wonder if its edible.
Mary MacADNski: I don't know. I wouldn't try.
That is a serious lookin' fungus! bit like a hat smile
Mary MacADNski: It was certainly big.
  • Linda
  • United Kingdom
  • 12 Oct 2011, 19:52
Goodness me its big when you look at the hand, very strange and have never seen one like it before smile
Mary MacADNski: It certainly was a standout.
  • Ginnie
  • Netherlands
  • 12 Oct 2011, 20:32
It looks like a baked soufflé, Mary. How interesting! And I LOVE the "scale" image. smile
Mary MacADNski: Ha! It does look like a souffle. How excited are you right now - to be away!
  • lisl
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • 12 Oct 2011, 20:32
That certainly was some size. The autumn fungi are beginning to show here now, and make the woods interesting. I'm glad you are not going to try it.
Mary MacADNski: I eat only ones I can positively identify - chanterelles and morels.
Yes, a fascinating example of mushroom! I had to look some minutes to recognize its strange shape, my first thought was it could be a sculpture. I'm afraid this mushroom is not eatable but really worth to be photographed!
Mary MacADNski: I love to photograph mushrooms. I'm afraid this is not a great photo but a snapshot taken on a quick walk.
Wow Mary, you've got a real big one here. Very well taken!
Mary MacADNski: It was very large!
Wow Mary, you've got a real big one here. Very well taken!

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