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Image:mystery fungus in situ.jpg|Fruiting body ''in situ''. Image by Bob Bourgeois 11 Jan 2007.
 
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We think that this is a fruiting body of a fungus.  It was collected near the base of a dead tree in the limestone forest at Ritidian Point, Guam.  The outside shell is very hard and covered with a black, inky liquid.
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We think that this is a fruiting body of a fungus.  It was collected near the base of a dead tree in the limestone forest at Ritidian Point, Guam on 10 January 2007.  The outside shell is very hard and covered with a black, inky liquid.

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We think that this is a fruiting body of a fungus. It was collected near the base of a dead tree in the limestone forest at Ritidian Point, Guam on 10 January 2007. The outside shell is very hard and covered with a black, inky liquid.