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Fungus growing on damp wool and Hessian sack

clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
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Does anyone know what this could be? I discovered it growing in a permanently damp area were water leaks from my hosepipe. I thought it was a decaying flower at first.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    There are many types of ‘Cup Fungus’ … that looks like one of them
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pezizaceae

     :) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
    Thank you @dovefromabove!  :) Very interesting - I will try not to agitate the spores into exploding as I go near it! 
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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited June 2023
    It's what fungi do.  Feed on animals and plants.  Especially when damp.

    Different fungi have very specific food likes.  This one is unlikely to attack anything else.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
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  • clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
    Thank you @bede, I will watch and wait with interest. Maybe there will be 'offspring'  :) 
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