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  1. jo191145

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    Anyone ever see this before? Know what it is? Popping up in the woods in January. Weird.

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    That's the stuff of legends right there...the much fabled (baby) coal tree(s)! Highest BTUs per ounce on planet Earth...;)
     
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    Leaf-slug?
     
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    Looks like a saprophyte. A parasitic/symbiotic fungus that lives off the roots of trees in a healthy forest. Not sure which one though.
     
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    Ah....words above my pay grade.
     
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    Antennas?

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    Ailen antenna
     
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    Black truffle mushroom?
     
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    Eat them and see what happens? If we dont hear back from you we'll know they werent edible!
     
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    Here’s the experts reply.

    Tolypocladium, either T. Longisegmentum or T. Capital both parisite off of Elephomyces sp. (Deer truffle cordycept)
     
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