Mystery Object found in Garden - What is it ?

[pubrunner]

Hi All,

This morning, I decided to make a rare foray out into the garden. I began to dig up an an old wild rose and about 2 or 3 inches under the soil, I found this 'thing'. The spade caught the edge of it, revealing a gelatinous internal mass. It seems to have a single 'root', to which a couple of tendrils are attached. It is about the same size as a large apple; having been uncovered, it is beginning to shrivel up.

Any idea what it might be ?

 

[Andy in Sig]

Marshmallows don't grow wild, do they?

Why not bung it in a plant pot and see what emerges. Just pray to go it's not a triffid.

 

[rich p]

I'm no expert but is it Wayne Rooney?

 

[psmiffy]

Stinkhorn?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Looks like the bulb of a weed

 

[pubrunner]

I'm no expert but is it Wayne Rooney?

Cheeky b*st*rd ; how dare you insult my 'plant' !

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

looks like a stinkhorn egg....does it smell bad?

 

[Francesca]

Truffle.

 

[Peteaud]

Stinkhorn egg.

 

[Francesca]

what the hell is a stinkhorn egg?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Truffle.

You could well be right, Francesca

 

[colly]

Why not cut our losses and call it a stinkhorn truffle?...............then everyone's happy.

 

[Francesca]

its a Truffle!!!

 

[Peteaud]

Mushroom

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

i don't think it's a truffle....

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