Octopussy!!!

crocoite · Post by **crocoite** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:12 am

At least I think it has eight "legs"...

(...and if you haven't seen the movie, here's the plot - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopussy)

nephiliim · Post by **nephiliim** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:29 am

LMAO!!!!

That's a good one there m8!!!
Love the theme

All the best,

Tom B

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:01 am

OK Steve....what the heck is it??????? A Mushroom or seed pod??????

Carl_Constantine · Post by **Carl_Constantine** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:51 am

Actually, it looks like bull whip seaweed that's broken apart. Interesting pic, love the title

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:30 am

Nice example of Geastrum fungi ("earthstar").

I've seen them many times.

Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Homobasidiomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Geastraceae

Erland R.N. · Post by **Erland R.N.** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:51 am

thought at first it was dried and dead

Erland

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:42 pm

I have never seen one of these things. Do they grow in the USA???

crocoite · Post by **crocoite** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:15 pm

beetleman wrote:OK Steve....what the heck is it??????? A Mushroom or seed pod??????

Nikola is right on Doug, it is a fungi. We get them occasionally here. Definitely weird stuff though!

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:47 pm

beetleman wrote:I have never seen one of these things. Do they grow in the USA???

Sure they do.

For example:Geastrum saccatum - NORTH CAROLINA & TENNESSEE.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:03 am

WOW

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:12 pm

Looks like one of those things that leap up off of the ground and wrap around your face. Then it runs a long fleshy tube down your throat and deposits some sort of egg or spore that will later mature and erupt from your chest in a bloody and agonizing slime

I've seen these in books before. Nice photo.