The worlds biggest Cramp Ball Fungus

[AdrianRose]

Went out for a stroll with the family today and came across these two beauties.



I've been collecting Cramp Ball Fungus/King Alfred's Cakes (Daldinia Concentrica) for years now, but there have to be the biggest I have ever found.

I recon I could cook a burger on each of them

Ade.

[Metal mug]

Impressive. You do see some real monster sized fungi now and again. Unfortunately I usually forget to carry a camera.

[Fletching]

Whoa! That's a pair and a half!
Steve

[Wham666]

Wow. They're whoppers!!

[AdrianRose]

Whoa! That's a meal and a half!

How would you cook that Ade, just fry in butter and garlic?

Steve

Unfortunately mate these bad boys are not edible. But when they are lit they glow like hot coals.

Ade.

[Fletching]

Unfortunately mate these bad boys are not edible. But when they are lit they glow like hot coals.

Ade.

Doh, in my usual haste I read puffball fungus! I've got a bit' o' crampball in my firekit and I certainly wouldn't consider eating it without either hydraulic jaws (when dried) and a stomach pump on standby!

Thanks for the correction.

Steve

[rossbird]

Hmm, nice pair you got there Ade
Well someone had to!!!
Tony

[Ben Casey]

Wow

[luresalive]

Cool, they're few and far between over here,only ever found a handful in all my years.

[AdrianRose]

Cool, they're few and far between over here,only ever found a handful in all my years.

It's absolutely heaving with them here. I could go for a half hour walk and get a bin liner full of them.

They work great as coal/ember extenders.

Ade.