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buffetoflies
There was a thread posted by a member of the forum site that I came across this one from. I'll paste all the OP's posts b/c you need to be a member of said site for 3 months before you can visit that section.

My friend wanted me to come over this week because there was a, let's say, entity in the cabinet beneath her bathroom sink. It was wrapped in a plastic bag, stunk, and was leaking. She's been in the apartment for months now and neither her nor her roommate had put it there. She only discovered it last week because of its strange positioning:

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Because it looked uncomfortably fleshy, no one would remove it. To be honest, it sort of looked vaguely head-like. I came over, and with a lot of fuss, poked it then pulled it down. It seemed like a rotting gourd. My friend swore to me, though, that when she moved in to the apartment there was no gourd in the cabinet. The bag containing it, however, was there. She tried to remove the bag because it seemed odd to have a bag just hanging randomly from a pipe, but it was tied too tightly so she gave up. This led to theory that the gourd, or whatever it was, grew from a seed in the dark, sustaining itself on the water from the pipes it hung from. I debated this, because I don't see how a gourd can grow without sunlight, even if it could manage the feat of growing without soil. Can a gourd grow in the dark?

I don't know for sure how long it stunk, possibly weeks. My friend thought the smell was coming from her girlfriend's thrown-out pads, and only just realized it was coming from the Head.

You guys it is not a fungus. It had seeds. And skin (and a personality ). They looked like pumpkin seeds. It even had that weird gutsy filling that you see in gourds.

Any thoughts?

Chokmah
I got no idea, but fungus have no seeds. They have spores, but uh... I wouldn't touch it bare-handed laugh.gif

Save it for halloween and throw it at the kids!




(I'm joking, it's probably be potent)
sbradj
Sounds wierd... wacko.gif maybe you can take it somewhere like you local public health office and let them check it out...like was stated earlier dont touch it with bare skin.....fungus's can be very dangerous..
♥BeautifulDisaster♥
Ewwww. That's really yucky. I kinda wanna poke it though. hmm.gif
m. Moe
You should get a proffsional look at it before even touching it.

Cause that thing looks nasty.
Alex01
QUOTE(DarlingNikki @ Jul 9 2007, 09:19 PM) *
Ewwww. That's really yucky. I kinda wanna poke it though. hmm.gif



What's up with humans wanting to poke everything strange, soft and sludgy? laugh.gif

Anyways the seeds could have been of a plant, that plant grew but due to being under there in a plastic bag it developed bacteria and gave way to this fungus.
ASOP
I'm movin out!
ASOP
I'm movin out!
Alex01
Throws a piece of the fungus to ASOP for double posting.


EDIT: Welcome to UM boffetoflies.
Bella-Angelique
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MoonPrincess
Oh that's freaky. I've never seen fungus like that before. Heck. I don't think I've ever seen fungus.
glorybebe
QUOTE(MoonPrincess @ Jul 9 2007, 03:09 PM) *
Oh that's freaky. I've never seen fungus like that before. Heck. I don't think I've ever seen fungus.

pppsssttt.....if you've seen mushrooms you've seen fungus.
She-ra
QUOTE(glorybebe @ Jul 9 2007, 06:35 PM) *
pppsssttt.....if you've seen mushrooms you've seen fungus.


LMAO...

I don't know if I want to poke it or puke. Haven't decided yet.

That's some nasty stuff though...I'd def MOVE OUT!
Teh_Twilight_God
no idea what it is but i would only touch it with a stick and that what ever it is cant be healthy
♥BeautifulDisaster♥
QUOTE(Ghostkol @ Jul 9 2007, 01:10 PM) *
What's up with humans wanting to poke everything strange, soft and sludgy? laugh.gif

Anyways the seeds could have been of a plant, that plant grew but due to being under there in a plastic bag it developed bacteria and gave way to this fungus.


I thought it was just me yes.gif
NatalieK
Looks like the fungus from the Super Mario Bros movie... it took over the entire Koopa world. Since I'm probably the only person in the world who watched that movie, let alone remembers it, I'll just go back to my corner...
Reincarnated
gremlin eggs?
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Lotus Flower
It looks like a couple of potatoes attached to the ceiling, maybe upstairs grow them laugh.gif
ASOP
Ghostkol you made me laugh laugh.gif sorry about the double post I was trying to get out of work in a hurry yesterday. Back to the subject.........MOVE!
m. Moe
QUOTE(n_a_t_a_l_i_e @ Jul 10 2007, 01:57 AM) *
Looks like the fungus from the Super Mario Bros movie... it took over the entire Koopa world. Since I'm probably the only person in the world who watched that movie, let alone remembers it, I'll just go back to my corner...

No, I saw that movie before too. Biggest waste of time in my life, however.
Gatofeo
It's a POD!
The aliens have landed!
They're cloning us in pods!
They're coming! THEY'RE COMING!
Banana Man
Don't touch it or go near it, could be deadly.
Primeval
Only thing I found that looked like it was this

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I think someone might be telling a fib rolleyes.gif
Alex01
QUOTE(Primeval @ Jul 14 2007, 12:42 PM) *
Only thing I found that looked like it was this

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I think someone might be telling a fib rolleyes.gif


And that's a plant, isn't it? huh.gif
Piney
QUOTE(Ghostkol @ Jul 14 2007, 06:59 AM) *
And that's a plant, isn't it? huh.gif


A cabbage with rain rot..........

.........andI think that other thing is a rotten gourd.



Lapiche
Mayhay
QUOTE(DarlingNikki @ Jul 9 2007, 02:19 PM) *
Ewwww. That's really yucky. I kinda wanna poke it though. hmm.gif



lol i kinda do too. w00t.gif
goalienan
Whatever it was, it was gross looking...I don't know if seeds can grow in a dark area, but I know if you have green tomatoes, put them in a bag in a dark place, they turn red... grin2.gif
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