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LOCATION:
The Enclosed Area
DATE FOUND:
Day 5 – 03 September 2023
In a large group on damp soil in a shaded area.
These were apricot orange to brownish-orange and had a club or spindle shape.
Often they were irregularly twisted.
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On Day 6 (09 September 2023), some of these had turned white – possibly parasitised.
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On Day 7 (16 September 2023), these had changed little except for more of them to turn white and to diminish.
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In a slightly different area on Day 10 (08 October 2023), I found another group of them growing from under a small rotting log.
They had apricot-orange bodies, lightening as they grew.
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