In my garden at Broulee, I have encountered a very weird thing that someone may be able to identify.
My wife told me of something that looked like a crab claw in the garden. I found what she was referring to, but it was not an animal. It had four (as I recall) symmetrical arms, red in colour and each arm divided at the end with two yellowish sharp points – looking all the world like crab claws. I moved it gently with my foot and it broke open leaving bits of what looked like fungal material a hollow tube in the middle out of which many slaters (woodlice) emerged. The next morning the “thing” had disappeared. (I swear it was not a dream!)
Dimensions: tube about 1-2cm, diameter of whole body about 8-10cm. It sat on the ground, so it did not have height like a mushroom.
Any ideas or should I consult a shrink?
David Rosalky
