Yes, it is a fungi. I think it could be King Alfred’s Cakes. Except I’d say it’s too pale. But maybe that’s because it’s wet. Fungi tend to change colour when dry.
Possibly King Alfred’s Cakes: 13 March 2018
And while I’ve titled the post Ruby Carbuncles, yet to me these weird fungi also resemble kidneys, bloodless kidneys.
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We have some King Alfred’s Cakes in the park nearby, but you’re right, when they’re the colour above they do look like kidneys!
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So is that what they are? The ‘Cakes’ are much darker (like burnt cakes) in my guide book.
These ones kinda make me feel queasy, like they’re bits of intestines squeezed through the skin of the wood. Hernias!
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The ones I’ve seen are much darker, but they definitely do look like them and I’ve seen pictures where they look lighter.
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I thank you. I shan’t think of them as xylonic hernias any more. 🙂
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King Alfred had weird taste in cakes; those look disgusting! Carbuncle is more like it, I agree. Okay, maybe if they weren’t wet… Nope.
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These are supposed to resemble the cakes he burned (cos his mind was taken with planning his winning battle against the Great Army). But these fungi are wet; when dry they truly do look like burned cakes. Or so it is said. Personally, when dry they remind me of horse droppings! 🙂
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Mmm, horse droppings cake, my favorite!
After reading your post, I searched online for the mushrooms and ended up finding the story behind them. Not cakes at all (not the sweet ones I’m thinking of, at least) but burned bread loaves — now it makes sense!
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Yea, well, I guess we Brits are so familiar with the story, we don’t question whether it’s bread or cake. Though probably in King Alfred’s day we Brits didn’t have cake. 🙂
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Kidneys or weird little snails!
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They do look odd, don’t they. I think they’re one fungus I wouldn’t be tempted to eat. 🙂
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They do and no, I would not be tempted to eat them at all!
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🙂
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