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    What the heck is this?

    I have found a couple of these on my back porch here in Tampa Florida & have no idea what it is… Has anybody seen one of these before?
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    Alien pods when you go to sleep they take over your body
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    Quote Originally Posted by poppy42 View Post
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    Would you guess that it is a fungus or a type of seed pod?
    What does it smell like?

    Some palms have funky seed pods.

    That is weird.

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    Armadillo egg.
    Just a wild guess.

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    If I had to guess its from a Horse tail plant

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    Alien anal probe

    Yeah go ahead and smell it lol

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    I think it belongs in the PISTIL forum.....

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    Maybe Klingon in origin !!!
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    Pods !!!
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    Florida is a magnet for invasive species.

    This one is probably from several light years away.
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    Don’t think I’d eat it on a survival trip. Hoping someone IDs it as I’ve never seen one before. Thanks for the interesting replies so far...
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    Looks like something a vegan would eat. Bad hunter.

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    No idea! But if they were on your porch, they must have come from nearby, I'd think. Got a County Extension Agent/Office nearby? Ask them.

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    Just a guess. Seed pod from a palm of some sort?

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    looks like an over cooked corndog to me
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    Quote Originally Posted by rondog View Post
    No idea! But if they were on your porch, they must have come from nearby, I'd think. Got a County Extension Agent/Office nearby? Ask them.
    Great idea. That or a nearby University/College might have someone who could ID them.

    Mighty curious looking isn't it... I have not ever seen something like that , that I can recall. At first it reminded me of some kind of corn.

    G'Luck!

    P.S> - How do ya think they got on your porch? Wind? Maybe there is some of the original plant nearby you could look at & take pics as well... ???
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    Quote Originally Posted by 762 shooter View Post
    Would you guess that it is a fungus or a type of seed pod?
    What does it smell like?

    Some palms have funky seed pods.

    That is weird.

    762
    762 is on to something, looks like it may be a palm flower bud.

    https://www.google.com/search?client...4dUDCAY&uact=5

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    After going & looking at some of the images from NYFirefighters357 link, I think it may be a Sago Palm "pod". Here are some pics:

    Source: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/orn...er-removal.htm

    Could be it!


    Nice guesses, 762 shooter & NYFirefighter357



    https://pxhere.com/en/photo/985315

    If it not the Above: perhaps it could be a Coconut bud:


    Or maybe part of a Yucca plant:


    Yep.. Best to ask someone who is an expert of the like to find out.
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    Is it one of those old tyme candies your grandparents always had for years and years because no one ate them because they were licorice?

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