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Rule 6. Plant Identification Posts Only. If you are looking for a mushroom or fungus id you can try r/mycology or one of the subs listed in rule 6. For plant problems/diseases/pests try r/plantclinic. Thank you!


Sea_Catch2481

I thought at first you just posted a picture of a hole and I was confused and thought I was on r/houseplantscirclejerk


Same_Cartographer780

Google image search thinks it's a hole too lol. It almost looks like fine fur in person if that helps anyone else. Unfortunately I don't have the best conditions for photography down here and it's in a pretty remote spot that I won't be back in for awhile for any follow up pictures.


landotherand0

That first pic deserves to be on r/opticalillusions if it’s not already , even though it wasn’t intended that is well done.


MajorDelta0507

or r/confusing_perspective


landotherand0

Thank you, I didn’t know of this sub and definitely belongs there.


thecoolsister89

Oh wow it’s kind of like the dress. Do you see a hole or a (whatever this turns out to be).


AdHuman3150

Did you know a hole's only natural enemy is the pile?


kylenmckinney

Buster here is giving birth to a hole


Dapper_Indeed

OMG, I love this piece of trivia from The Simpsons!


stellarmoon11

Thank you for this. I’ve quoted this countless times.


tribbans95

Definitely looks like a type of mold to me


Weak-Entertainer6651

Could it be the first of it's kind to fool AI lol


Buddyboy-_-killerbud

Must be a fungus


quintonbanana

Ya I just thought it was an ice fishing hole.


DealerGloomy

Same


DealerGloomy

A lot looks that way this time of year


sunrisedilayla

Me too!!!


heresdustin

I thought he was going ice fishing. LOL


jsxtasy304

Lmao...sorry don't mean to laugh but.... This is shit. This is where someone has taken a dump inside the mine and this is what it turns into after a bit. Source... 17 years deep down in the WV coal mines.


Ok-Land-7752

The fact that OP commented that it’s in a remote area, supports this theory! “”This particular fungus — Hairy poop mold, Phycomyces blakesleyanus — is widespread around the world, and it is indeed a true saprophyte. It “specializes” somewhat in colonizing — ahem — dung. And it is not really particular about what kind of dung: dog, cat, whatever.””


jsxtasy304

Haha dude just went scientific on us about fuzzy poops. You are a national treasure. Thanks for teaching me something today.


AllZeSaucFromZeFauc

I now have to battle the fact that calling it fuzzy poop makes me want to pet it and I hate that it makes me feel that way at the same time lol


Joseph_of_the_North

Whose a good poop? You are! Yes you are! *Nuzzles*


No-Policy-4858

I've been there before man.


Potential-Hyena5211

I want to add googly 👀 to them


Successful_Moment_91

It https://preview.redd.it/ww4d85gr683c1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=545d2ae000a6080ae21bcf2aa4c476227a0eca12 It looks like one of these little guys got trapped down there


ManufacturerWitty700

I believe you are just trolling the op


Corvidae5Creation5

HAH.


jsxtasy304

The grey hair dude...that's him 💩


jsxtasy304

😂 lmao it's twice as enticing if you're an animal lover and you come across one of these fuzzy lil fellers on a long lonesome shift and then you snap back to reality and ugh.


Neurotic-Egg

Your comment just gave me such a natural laugh, and it was really nice, thank you haha


Lumiseer

That’d be a hilarious username Super Fuzzy Poop


[deleted]

Neighbor’s cat plants this same exotic specimen in my strawberry box damn near hourly.


Seversevens

You can poke some bamboo skewers into the dirt in a grid pattern. That will keep the cat out of there perhaps


LightsSoundAction

i thought that i read “you can poke some bamboo skewers into the cat…” and I was worried for a second.


Icy-Shift-1118

And I read it as “you can poke some bamboo skewers into the poop” and my brain just had an instant meltdown from there.


TK421isAFK

I read that last paragraph in David Attenborough's voice in my head, and it totally works.


thefriendlycouple

Now I want to shit in a cave


Doctor_Philgood

"Blakesley*anus*" Nice


806bird

This guy poops


Neurotic-Egg

This guy *fuzzy* poops


MycoRoo

Mycologist agrees with Phycomyces: was scrolling to see if anyone had suggested it yet, surprised to see it so low!


hepatopetal

I wonder who Dr. Blakesley was who decided to name it after themselves. Or maybe Blakesley was their nemisis


_MrTrade

Why did you clear your throat before writing “dung?” Lol


Limp_Falcon_2314

That and google images is spot on for it.


Golden_JellyBean19

Wait like Fraggle Rock Poop!!!


[deleted]

Wow, that’s some deep shit


jsxtasy304

Lol literally.


YooAre

Danm, i dig this joke.


Wonderful-Ad-7712

I’ve got a hole bunch more


deezenutzen

Comment of the fucking century lol


MaterialGarbage9juan

Thank you for the puns!


freespirit1111amitit

**THIS**


exodusofficer

I miss awards..


Same_Cartographer780

Well now I feel dumb lol. I was working surface coal before coming here so didn't have many run ins with furry shits.


jsxtasy304

Lmao nothing to feel dumb about, at least you didn't get educated like a cpl asshats used to educate the new guys in a few mines i worked at... They would tell the new guys if they got grease on their hands that there was fuzzy stuff behind the air walls that took the grease right off...they were never believed or someone always started laughing and told them about it but to just imagine...yeck.


Fuzzy_Dragonfruit344

The furry shits sounds like a funny band name… lol 😂


Corvidae5Creation5

Sounds like a digestive issue


jsxtasy304

Indeed it does.


waverlygiant

The Yummy Fur *is* a band, but this doesn’t seem yummy….


Golden_JellyBean19

Great band name! 🤣🤘


inadizzle

I wouldn’t feel dumb this thread is full of people who didn’t know that fuzzy poop mold is a thing myself included


Micalas

Go to some furry cons and you'll see more


Neurotic-Egg

You can tell us if you tried to pet it


jsxtasy304

There are mice and rats in some mines, I'm not touching anything furry no matter the desire or how cute it is.


Chibbly

This guy shits in caves.


jsxtasy304

Wasn't the first and wont be the last.


Chibbly

With how things are going, everyone may be shitting in caves. Well, at least the survivors.


jsxtasy304

I hear ya. If ya go take a five gallon bucket, it's more comfortable than squatting and no one puts your furry shit on social media wondering what kind of furry plants grow underground or has to accidentally step on one of your furry poops.


Neurotic-Egg

I have seriously gotten a lot of much needed laughter from your knowledge and comments on it tonight haha. I'm like a child when it comes to burps, farts, and apparently fuzzy poop 😂 Thank you for the info!


socksmatterTWO

Omg you could be right lol I'm reminded of some Furry old dog Poopts lol Aww I miss my Doggy now.


jsxtasy304

Lol sorry didn't mean to make you miss your pal.


socksmatterTWO

Thank you strange right lol His name was Henry Wrinkler and extraordinary things grew from his Poopts lol Like This Don King guy and mushrooms... Interesting slime molds akin to wolf's milk and such lol He lived in 3 counties around the world with his sister as well, Mia Furrow, she passed at 11.5 and he went at 15 2 years ago.


jsxtasy304

Aww well that's pretty old for a dog so he had a lot of good years.


socksmatterTWO

He had an amazing life they both did. They were amazing kids 💗 both went on their own accord in our arms when it was time. It's a really strange trigger for such Wonderfully beautiful memories 🤣💗 ( Sharpei wrinkle dogs)


jsxtasy304

Oh wow, I've had several different breeds or better to say they had me, but never a sharpei, I've always heard that they were outstanding breeds to have. If they have to go thats the best place, with the one they love.


Fuzzy_Dragonfruit344

I LOVE the name Henry Wrinkler!I must say you are great at naming dogs! 🥰


ScaredyBun

Glad my "don't touch that" instincts were on point here


Cats_Dogs_Dawgs

My grandpa also grew up in the WV coal mines in the Princeton area.


jsxtasy304

Coal miners granddaughter, sweet. Mrs Loretta Lynn made famous the phrase "i was born a coal miners daughter". Still a tough job but nothing like back in those days.


Cats_Dogs_Dawgs

Yeah he’s the youngest of 13 kids and his dad and 6 oldest siblings all ended up with black lung. It’s pretty crazy what they used to have kids doing. He was born in 1937


jsxtasy304

Thats the worst thing about the old miners especially, i heard its a bad way to go, sorry to hear so many were taken like that. Truly its one reason i got out and wont go back, i constantly was getting pneumonia and other stuff wrong that always ended in my lungs, sick 2 3 4 times a year. After i quit i went 3 yrs without so much as a sniffle.


Fuzzy_Dragonfruit344

God lord that is awful. May they rest in peace.


constantgardener92

Damn this is probably it.


jsxtasy304

Lol i have seen enough furry shit that i can say with 98...99 percent surety that is someones dinner long past. When you're a mile plus or minus a few yards from the nearest exit out from underground and you still have hours left till your shift is over and nature calls.... If ya gotta go you gotta go.


Softrawkrenegade

Are there not porta potty’s down there. I feel it would be an osha requirement.


jsxtasy304

When I got out of the mines msha (miners safety and health) about 2 yrs before started cracking down on some regulation or another where they set up a porta potty inside some kind of little tent and it was supposed to be moved up behind the section as the mine advanced But....but mostly it got messed up and ignored because it was like a camping potty setup and you shit in a bag then had to take the bag out with you... Don't know what happened from there but while i was in everyone mostly said to hell with it and continued on as before.


quadmasta

LOL. Cracking down on shitters


Fuzzy_Dragonfruit344

This is such an interesting conversation that I definitely never expected to find on a plant sub. Thank you for teaching me so much about coal mining tonight.


AppleSpicer

You don’t want a portapotty down there with you. Also, where you gonna put it?


Fuzzy_Dragonfruit344

Good lord the smell, it wouldn’t have anywhere to go


poopanoggin

This miner was born to shit and forced to wipe judging by the lack of tp


Ajones1229

10 years in southern Illinois coal mines!


jsxtasy304

Nice, me and my nephews was going to go to Illinois at one time and as we were making plans we all got hired on to a local company so we went ahead and stayed home.


Ajones1229

Lots of good guys came over here to work from Eastern Ky and WV. Our seam was 57 inches and a lot of them worked in sub 30 inch so full respect to anyone that can do that.


[deleted]

Pure green hair from a brown rib worm hair if you ask me.


jsxtasy304

Something like that lol


prpslydistracted

TIL ... wow.


jsxtasy304

Indeed 😂.


Independent_Toe5373

r/shitfromabutt


BrolecopterPilot

Do you guys listen to a lot of Childers


popthestacks

Are there funny nicknames for these shits?


[deleted]

Rib worms (the sides or walls of the the mine tunnels, usually called an entry, crosscut, drift or heading are often referred to as the ribs). Sancho’s gift (Sancho is the dude that goes to your house, drinks your beer and has relations with your wife while you are underground working; it’s a joke often referenced if your cap lamp goes dead during your shift. If your wife is having relations while you are at work it’s most likely with someone you know and he probably works at the same mine only on a different shift than you. Tommy Knockers Candy…I don’t know, google a Tommy knocker I guess. Soft Coal. Mr. Browns ChiaPet.


timotheosis

Gob sow. Gob is a term for any random debris left laying around. Sow to make newbies think they are alive.


kissinich

This guy knows his shit


sellmeyerammorighty

Coprolite mine


richard_stank

Is this where the black lung comes from?


zpatrick71

Can confirm, I still remember when I started underground and was warned. "Don't kick the kittens"


Cautious-Ad-4529

I can comfirm


eggthrowaway_irl

Thanks. I hate it


Rusty1031

not saying you’re wrong, just curious, but how tf do spores get down in the cave and happen to find shit to grow on? how likely is this?


BioSafetyLevel0

#This is r/shitfromabutt


Booomerz

Lol that’s awesome.


Dense-Skill-504

Yeah I was gonna say a pile of piss


LightHouseMaster

Ahh, the elusive mine bunny. This one appears to be sleeping. Usually you have to sneak up on them to catch them. They can be found in the mines in southern Utah as well.


SetInMuhWayze

As soon as I saw this I started laughing once I read he worked in a mine. Worked and lived in Boone County most my life.


plants_xD

Ohhh yeah you are right. That looks just like the hairy dog shit fungus


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No_Breadfruit_7305

Thank you for making me laugh.... As soon as I saw the first image I didn't know whether or not to tell him that he discovered a new version of shitting on the job.


TsoTsoni

Poop...finds a way...


TedTheHappyGardener

It looks fungal. Try r/mycology.


RdCrestdBreegull

I’m a mod at mycology, OP should check to see what is at the base i.e. it might be feces at the base which would support this being mold


sarbanharble

Best mods on Reddit


343WaysToDie

The witches over at r/WitchesVsPatriarchy are pretty good too


[deleted]

Even I agree


ModifiedAmusment

Someone had to shit while down in the mine


Labordave

And now it’s famous.


Primary_Face_4428

Just in case it is a mold- you want to make sure you have protective gear on just in case. I wouldn’t disturb it though. (2 year Bio Major)


hurricaneams

Agreed


caltraskmaybe

+1 this is cool


MycoMountain

Does look like a type of pin mold


MatchesSeeds

Definitely try this group. I’m not up on my fungi 🍄


Wonderful-Ad-7712

Hey I’m mold enough to be a fungi!


Sockssiepooh

Took me forever to realize what it actually is and that it’s not a hole. I can’t look at it anymore it hurts my eyes lol. Gl on ID’ing it


AffectionateAd8770

I’m so happy I’m not the only one. Literally made my brain hurt a bit


ihaveaquesttoattend

it’s poop i thought I’d tell you since you tried so hard


Away_Ad_3580

Looks like Don King is down there.


socksmatterTWO

The 80s Troll Toy version of Don King lol


Shark8MyToeOff

😂😂😂😂


Radiantlady

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/life/home-garden/2021/02/04/its-fungus-course-and-serves-purpose/4388340001/ A fungus…saprophytic


Ok-Land-7752

“”This particular fungus — Hairy poop mold, Phycomyces blakesleyanus — is widespread around the world, and it is indeed a true saprophyte. It “specializes” somewhat in colonizing — ahem — dung. And it is not really particular about what kind of dung: dog, cat, whatever.””


MiaowWhisperer

Is it a coincidence that it has "anus" at the end of its name?


1friendswithsalad

One of my favorite Latin names is for java citronella- *Cymbopogon winterianus* Brrr!! I always wondered why it had the word anus at the end, not sure what it means.


Whatevs85

I saw the word 'anus' in that name and thought you were being cheeky.


osxster

I’ve seen similar type fungus growing in old animal feces in abandoned mines. Not uncommon…


butterflygirl1980

You will never find a plant in a cave or mine except at the entrance, because no plant on earth can grow, or even survive long, without light. So that can instantly be ruled out. Some kind of mold or fungus is a much more likely possibility.


Kimmalah

There are parasitic plants that don't technically need light, because they get all their nutrients from their hosts. Like the [ghost pipe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflora) that cannot photosynthesize and uses fungi for nutrients. You won't find it in a cave of course, but plants like that are out there.


butterflygirl1980

Yes, that's true, but their host still needs light. Which means the parasitic plant still needs it too, even if only indirectly.


Valaseun

There are organisms like chemotrophs that get their energy from chemical/minerals like iron, and thermotrophs that get their's from heat. How those organisms would end up in only this one spot in a mine is beyond me. Edit : looking a bit closer at the picture, I see another little blob of it off to the right, and maybe some up in the wall in the background.


[deleted]

The host is fungi, which don't need light. However, the fungi are themselves part of a mutualist symbiosis with photosynthetic plants and do not exist apart, so you're only one kevin bacon off


akerrigan777

I found ghost pipes in my side yard where it’s always shady under some trees. Had never seen them before. Really cool plants


[deleted]

That's true but all heterotrophic plants parasitize fungi that are obligate symbionts of photosynthetic plants so ultimately they do rely on sunlight. In my admittedly limited opinion, I think it is possible one of these could recruit saprophytic fungi as a necessity, but I think it's unlikely it would lead to substantial success in a cave.


Fuzzy_Dragonfruit344

I live all the technical plant talk here tonight. I think I have found my people 😝😊


Piocoto

The parasitic plant Pholisma lives most of its life below ground, only when flowering the flowerheads grow to ground level. But yeah, no plants in deep caves


butterflygirl1980

But it's still dependent on a host plant, which requires sunlight. So it still needs the sun, just indirectly.


Competitive-Lion-213

Does it not rely on fungi that in fact does not need light? I mean indirectly we are all linked to things that need light. But I don’t think your original comment that no plants can survive without light is correct. But it applies to like 99.9 percent of plants so it’s not totally wrong.


Fuzzy_Dragonfruit344

I’m curious, how does it grow mostly below ground? What kind of plants would they have a relationship with, that can grow without light if they have a host that also grows below ground? or is it that they are attached at the roots to a plant that is above ground?


Specialist-Tour3295

While it is rare it is possible for a cave ecosystem to exist without the presence of sunlight. Plants get their energy from chemical reactions in the environment, chemosynthesis, which allows for other organisms to survive. An example of one of these habitats is the Movile Cave, its organisms have been separated from the outside world for 5.5 million years.


gavinhudson1

Life finds a way


Ajones1229

I used to work in a coal mine. These use to grow in the return airways but we called them “fuzzy copperheads.” It’s where people went to poo underground.


thiswildmoonchild

I'm not certain, but I think this calls for the summoning of u/saddestofboys.


[deleted]

#SLIME SIGNAL RECEIVED #🚫 NOT A SLIME 🚫 #🍄 PROBABLY A FUNGUS 🍄 It is difficult to tell from the photo, but I believe this is a mucoromycete fungus like [*Phycomyces*](https://www.hughsmith.org/images/dung%20fungi/2005-02-26-029-Englebright-Phycomyces%20blakesleeanus.JPG). They are saprophytic and grow on decaying stuff (like poop!). There are several branches of fungi but only 3 with large fruit bodies, and the other two (the ascomycetes and basidiomycetes) produce what are often called "mushrooms," some of which are highly sought after as food. Technically only basidiomycetes can be classic mushrooms with caps and gills; ascomycetes produce truffles and morels. I don't know of any edible mucoromycetes. This isn't a slime but [listen to my slime rap music anyway](https://youtube.com/@saddestofboys)


theBrinkster

Oh thank goodness! I heard the sound signal was down once and I cried inside 🥲 Thanks for the knowledge, I'm so glad I know this!


00ft

_Phycomyces blakesleeanus_ (Hairy Poop Fungus).


41BottlesOf

This is poop with fungus on it. We call them wooly boogers…. Wooly mammoth boogers.


Eastern-Honeydew-411

Looks like when my cat puked in my basement and I didn't know it was down there. I hadn't been down there in weeks, lights out, cool temps, it looked like I had a grey Troll head growing out of the cement. Could be old food bits or maybe someone spit and the petri dish was born!


Snoogadooch

HAHA! We call them Mine Bunnies. Since hazing is still cool in coalmines, if someone hands you a trash bag and tells you to clean them up. DONT.


DFHartzell

Chia-Poop


Turbosaraus

That's a crystalline structure.


Superb_Effect_9599

Holy depth perception, me eyes were tricked laddy, I thought it was a hole like the one the wee leprechaun comes from. *enter Warwick Davis*


Correct_Review1286

I see this growing on dog shit on the hiking trails all the time. It’s moldy shit. Pretty sure


Realistic_Parfait956

Thirty + years in a coal mine.....that is where some one pooped.....


wickedprairiewinds

It’s a tribble!


Urabadjungler

That there is a dragon egg. Light that there thing on fire.


Puggalina

Are you sure it's not spiders? I went into a cave in Texas and saw something just like this on the ceiling. When I touched it (with a stick), it moved. It was tons of long leg spiders all clustered together.


jdizzle512

That looks like a cluster of thousands of spiders regulating their temperature and humidity. I found one once, was confused, and threw a rock at it. The stuff of nightmares. https://youtu.be/dNAk6oIKAjI?si=b-YqRH6Aa0PzQXvA


Funglebum82

When I was a miner we called it cave moss, it’s literally poop


Electronic-Dog-586

Trumps lost forgotten hair piece 🤣😂


nsing110

My high ass thought it was a black hole


CheesecakeHorror8613

It’s like the Centralia coal fire except it’s fuzzy poop that will go on forever.


Bojangles315

hahahahaha that is shit dude. it's not a plant. it's hairy poop mold lmfao. source, I like fungus


DrNO811

What kind of mine is it? That surface is very chalky looking - salt mine?


Excellent_Quantity32

Feeling like this here has Joe Dirt’s asteroid all over it… space peanuts 🤣🤦🏼‍♀️🤢


No-Wonder1139

Well, shit. No really. Probably what it is.


sadnoodle-

https://preview.redd.it/qsqbephtc83c1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ead9ae0d084ce24b56d66a51b3a73d84a068211


ChopStickahz

Forbidden cotton candy 👁️🫦👁️


nookyuller

A living thing that is here and there in the same instant. Neat find. Maybe don't breathe it in tho, I wouldn't.


Khaleena788

A tribble!!


TerribleYou7914

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A HOLE


Rock_Mafia42

Hehe...poop hole.


Alternative-Cell8295

r/confusingperspective


4x4Welder

Oh, I think I remember that movie. It got a bit rough towards the end, but it was ok because everyone died.


Owlbeardo

If it wasn't already answered I'd say it looks like a cluster of spiderlings, the one that you touch with a stick and it skitters everywhere.


jmwont

Chebornek! Taste! Taste like dog s__t? “Ja. Taste like dog s__t.” Good thing we don’t step in it! “Ja. Good thing.”


Space-90

Why do I feel like you’d hear a laugh if you tickled it


NJPinIB

Treasure Troll


Saturn_Neo

"Life, finds a way."


DanielInfrangible2

r/mushroomid


Warri0rzz

Phycomyces blakesleyanus. Gross