Growing

Sight for sore eyes

Slightly less disgusting than last year's mushrooms, but still unidentifiable*

Last year I had phallic cucumbers and mutant zucchini ... this year I've got a phallic mutant tomato.

Bet that description is going to give me some google searchers who are REALLY disappointed when they end up here ;)

*stop the presses, I may have found it:

Found growing on front lawn. Virginia Beach, Virginia. 13 October, 2006
This mushroom is Armillariella tabescens (aka: Clitocybe tabescens) and is edible with caution. (first time eaters be sure to cook it well and eat only a small portion as some people report a gastrointestinal disturbance after eating this mushroom). It is odd to see it fruit in the middle of what is apparently a lawn. the remains of a tree root system must be below the spot these mushrooms fruit from (or are near a tree that cannot be seen in the picture). the Honey Mushroom (Armillariella mellea) is similar but has a ring on the stem. A bright orange cluster of mushrooms that fruits like this (and from wood, buried or otherwise) is probably Omphalotus illudens (the Jack'o'lantern) and is poisonous

From a site that is dedicated to 'shroom enthusiasts ... but not the kind who grow them for cooking, if you know what I mean, so I'm not convinced it's correct. Then again, who says the trippers don't know their own product?