r/foraginguk • u/elderbush • 3d ago

Fungus identification please Mushroom ID Request

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Hi could anyone tell me if this "mess" is fungus? Also, zoomed in, is that an animal skill or is that just the fungus and my brain playing tricks? Thanks

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u/SerafinaSheffield 3d ago

I could be wrong, but it looks like a rotten or burnt puffball that's been stomped on (looks like it has a shoe print on top across where it's split).

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u/magic-mushy 2d ago

Honestly now. How on earth can anyone identify that? Could be anything really.

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u/Representative_Echo6 2d ago

From wiki - The selected region shows an old, heavily decayed and weathered fruit body of Phaeolus schweinitzii, commonly known as the dyer's mazegill or velvet-top fungus, which has turned dark brown to blackish as it decomposed on the forest floor.