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BlackRiverFalls I wear a fez now.
Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Total posts: 8716 Location: The Attic of Blinky Lights Age: 44 Gender: Female |
 Posted: 30-10-2008 19:22 Post subject: Erupting mushrooms lift driveway |
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Gotta watch out for those erupting mushrooms!
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Erupting mushrooms lift driveway
A couple were left baffled when their driveway started to erupt only to find it was caused by a crop of mushrooms.
David and Carolyn Phillips of Reading, Berkshire, said they could not believe their eyes when the tarmac outside their home started lifting last week.
They thought the hump must have been caused by a tree root but when they called in an expert he was baffled.
It was only when Mr Phillips decided to cut away the top of the lump that he found the crop of mushrooms.
He said: "We noticed a hump starting to appear in our tarmac driveway.
"Over the course of the following few days it started to grow into a sort of mini eruption."
None of the people we had contacted could believe that the eruption on the driveway could be caused by mushrooms
David Phillips
The concerned pair contacted a local tree surgeon but he concluded it must be some sort of ground shifting, possibly a collapsed drain.
But when the council and water board could not find the root of the problem the couple were told as it was on their land they would have to investigate it themselves.
"We decided to take the potential risk of having our whole driveway dug up and break open the area of lifted tarmac expecting the worst," Mr Phillips added.
"Instead out popped a clump of mushrooms."
The tarmac driveway had been constructed about 20 years ago and there was no indication that anything may have been growing underneath, Mr Phillips added.
"None of the people we had contacted could believe that the eruption on the driveway could be caused by mushrooms.
"We can hardly believe it either." |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7699964.stm |
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| goth13girl666 Great Old One Joined: 05 May 2008 Total posts: 438 Location: doncaster Age: 28 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 30-10-2008 20:14 Post subject: |
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but mushrooms are weak and from that pic they were not that big even a group i would of thought could not of even lifted the tarmac like that its very strange that.
i have never heard of that before and it certainly is a weird story. |
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| gordonrutter The Indescribable Horror that is a
Great Old One Joined: 03 Aug 2001 Total posts: 867 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 31-10-2008 00:03 Post subject: |
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Mushrooms are not weak - the hydrostatic pressure they can exert is massive - it's part of the mechanism that can allow them to grow very quickly. Mushrooms (of the right species) can easily lift up a paving stone let alone wreck a bit of tarmac.
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| goth13girl666 Great Old One Joined: 05 May 2008 Total posts: 438 Location: doncaster Age: 28 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 31-10-2008 23:04 Post subject: |
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| gordonrutter wrote: | Mushrooms are not weak - the hydrostatic pressure they can exert is massive - it's part of the mechanism that can allow them to grow very quickly. Mushrooms (of the right species) can easily lift up a paving stone let alone wreck a bit of tarmac.
Gordon |
wow really didnt think they could be that strong!
they just look so fragile so to speak wont be making that mistake again  |
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| UsedtobChrisFord Manticore
Great Old One Joined: 01 Aug 2005 Total posts: 163 Age: 34 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 02-11-2008 02:20 Post subject: |
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| Mushrooms can have a lot of force. Living in the middle of a forest I see it every spring. I've seen mushroom eruptions roll entire trees over in a matter of a couple of hours. |
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| goth13girl666 Great Old One Joined: 05 May 2008 Total posts: 438 Location: doncaster Age: 28 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 02-11-2008 22:06 Post subject: |
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| UsedtobChrisFord wrote: | | Mushrooms can have a lot of force. Living in the middle of a forest I see it every spring. I've seen mushroom eruptions roll entire trees over in a matter of a couple of hours. |
wow!
it must be some sight that, i never for one moment thought mushrooms could do that. |
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| barfing_pumpkin A pumpkin that pukes. Yes. I am.
Great Old One Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Total posts: 885 Location: Hampshire Age: 41 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 05-11-2008 17:23 Post subject: |
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| Roadstools! |
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| goth13girl666 Great Old One Joined: 05 May 2008 Total posts: 438 Location: doncaster Age: 28 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 06-11-2008 14:32 Post subject: |
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| barfing_pumpkin wrote: | | Roadstools! |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17657 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 29-07-2013 00:20 Post subject: |
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Heres another giant mushroom. Vid at link.
Giant fungus found in China
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28 July 2013 Last updated at 12:39 GMT Help
A giant fungus the size of a tyre has been found by villagers in China's Jianshui County.
The large clump of mushrooms, which weighed more than 15 kilograms and measured nearly a metre in diameter, was proudly put on display by the finder.
It is not known what type of fungus it is or whether the mushrooms are safe to eat. |
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| Cochise Great Old One Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Total posts: 989 Location: Gwynedd, Wales Age: 57 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 29-07-2013 07:17 Post subject: |
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| Love the response - what is it? Can we eat it? Humanity still has the right priorities! |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17657 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 29-07-2013 12:43 Post subject: |
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| More to the point: Will It Eat Us? |
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| Cochise Great Old One Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Total posts: 989 Location: Gwynedd, Wales Age: 57 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 30-07-2013 08:01 Post subject: |
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| Could be the best definition ever of an optimist (can we eat it) and a pessimist (will it eat us) has just been devised! |
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| uair01 Great Old One Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Total posts: 1088 Gender: Male |
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