Like it erupted up as liquid then set! Such a strange formation, very alien! A great find and capture!

Great find,excellent capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have to agree with Kaward that's just what looks to have happened :) nice find and a lovely shot

WOW!! I have never seen such diverse and varied colorful Fungi such as you have so well illustrated from G.B. - I just love seeing all your nature finds! - Well done Andrea - I think this is my new favorate yet!

A super 'stool shot Andrea.

Great shot my friend.

Nice find and capture. Quite easy to miss due to it's leaden colour. Not one for the pot because I think it can upset the stomach badly and it probably would need to be cooked extensively by which point there would be nothing to gain from the risk of undercooking it. Best avoided for the pot that is unless you want the trots and possible allergic reaction.

What a marvellous fungus. SO beautifully grey against all the warm autumn colors :)

Strange and lovely! You do have such a good eye!

Very beautiful image! Colours are fantastic! :)

Excellent photo

I've never seen such a thing! I'm with you ... the purplish hue is lovely.

Looks like an alien :) :)

I don't know how you do It another great find, although I have my suspicion that this one is made out of play dough.

Superb capture Andrea. God bless.

Amazing shot!

And even edible I understand. I've never seen one before. Most interesting.

A strange looking saddle. A strange looking anything. It does look melted. A superb pair of images.

An awesome shot of the purple interloper amidst the lovely and beautifully textured leaves, Andrea.

Very cool capture Andrea interesting Shroom

I do not think I saw one of these. cool

Never seen this before!!!

Beautiful capture and the FlickR version has better clarity!

The autumnal colors in this shot are amazing! What a lovely outfit one could have, a decorating scheme using these gorgeous colors! The color of this particular fungus is one of my fave shades, I'm partial to grays.

Oohhh, I love this. Yes, the flickr is probably better for technical matters, but this has a bolder look, and highlights the 'waterfall' feel of the shroom/fungus and all its strange sensual qualities. This capture has the big ugly 'spill' of the thing, the opulent 'whooshes' of it's lower half. And the big leaves around it make a bold sensual backdrop. I've never seen a fungus like this. An eye-popping shot! (You want a bad fungus joke? There aren't too many fungi jokes, so take it, you won't be too sorry...A mushroom goes to a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender says "we don't serve mushrooms." The mushroom says, "I'm not a mushroom!" The bartender says, "yes you are!" So the mushroom gets up on the bar and shouts: "Give me a drink, NOW!" And the bartender says, "We don't serve mushrooms, and you're a MUSHROOM!" And the mushroom says, "nope---I'm a FUN GUY".) (Fungi? Really bad joke...) (One more: A mushroom goes to a bar and wants a drink. The bartender says "we don't serve mushrooms." So the mushroom---desperate to get a drink---ties himself in a knot and hits his head against the stool a thousand times. Dizzy and broken, he crawls back to the stool, and stutters: "Give me a----drink!" And the bartender says, "no, you're a MUSHROOM!" And the mushroom says, "Nope---I'm afraaaaaaid not!") (A frayed knot??? Oooookay. I'll do better next time...but you got two FUNGUS jokes in one comment. Who else gave ya that?) (If you ever have some dates in the house, put one in a boarder's hand, move them around a bit, and then say: "See? I just set you up with a DATE.") End of biological jokes...