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Ginormous mushroom pulled from South Ellsworth Street shrubbery

Monday, June 25, 2012

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Lori Matheis and her son Levi removed this mushroom from her yard on Friday, June 21. The ginormous fungus grew beneath the bushes outside of her home on South Ellsworth Street in Marshall.

"It measured 28 x 16 x 12 inches on Friday evening," Lori wrote in an email.

Levi reexamined mushroom on Monday afternoon, and he speculated it died after it was removed from the ground. Lori said the fungus is much lighter now, but it was originally pulled from the bushes, the mushroom weighed approximately 40 pounds.


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It looks like a compilation of several hundred mushrooms all clustered together.

-- Posted by Lulawissie on Tue, Jun 26, 2012, at 5:53 PM

Looks like coral mushroom. Coral mushrooms are edible, but don't eat unless you are sure.

-- Posted by izaak on Tue, Jun 26, 2012, at 1:13 AM

Lol SD,

That is one big 'shroom!

-- Posted by news across on Mon, Jun 25, 2012, at 5:30 PM

So that's where I left that Twinkie in back in 1977.

There is a fungus among us....

-- Posted by Smart Dog on Mon, Jun 25, 2012, at 4:05 PM


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