Huh...

13 years ago

So I still have a few seedlings lingering under lights inside, and I must admit, they have been a bit neglected lately as the bigger ones outdoors claim all my attention. I was in poking around in them today, seeing if they needed to be watered, and I suddenly saw something stuck on the outside of one of the cups. I jumped back, thinking it might be some kind of bug; on closer inspection, I found this:

I turned the cup and held it closer.

A mushroom. Sprouted itself inside the cup and pushed its way out through the cup when it was damp and soft. Now that is something I haven't seen before!

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Comments (6)

heirloomjunkie
13 years ago
Wow. Neat! Right up there with the slime mold they were talking about on the compost forum.

Kim
oilpainter
13 years ago
Strange all right.

A spore must have been in the soil. I'm no expert on fungi but it looks like one of those mushrooms that come up when there is a tree root rotting. It's probably feeding on the peat moss in the mix.
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momstar
13 years ago
Way cool. Definitely not something you see every day.
tdscpa
13 years ago
DEA will by by to arrest you tomorrow.
keriann_lakegeneva
13 years ago
She is a lawyer.... she can handle it : )

Now you can say you are a mushroom farmer : )

Keriann~
sleepy33
Original Author
13 years ago
'Shrooms, man. Between this and the pot farm that the guy at food mart thinks I am running, I may be getting a visit from the feds before long. :) I just can't believe it burst right out the side of the cup like that; I mean, those cups can get a little soggy, but it still usually takes some effort to poke/tear through them. That's one determined mushroom!