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What the bloody hell is this creature in my outhouse?? [pic]

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CountryMummy1 · 13/05/2015 23:41

Just been outside the feed the cat who has his food in the outhouse. There, hanging from the old pipework are 3 absolutely huge cocoons. They are hideous! Black and more than 4 inches long. They weren't there yesterday. What the hell is going to come out? AIBU to be very worried?

What the bloody hell is this creature in my outhouse?? [pic]
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lilyhammer · 14/05/2015 20:46

Can't. Stop. Itching.

Where is OP?

Fluffycloudland77 · 14/05/2015 20:45

I'd just leave it tbh, it'll do something eventually.

Could be a rare moth.

Timri · 14/05/2015 20:40

A fire with 'a particularly pungent smoke'.
Glad I'm not in the Midlands, devil fungus and putrid smoke when you kilt he devil fungus

Littleham · 14/05/2015 20:38

This is how you use them to start a fire.

www.seriousoutdoorskills.co.uk/blog/king-alfred-cakes-coal-funguscramp-balls

SouthernComforts · 14/05/2015 20:35

Bit late to the thread and I see my first two ideas "kill it with fire" and "nuke the Midlands" have been sufficiently covered, so now I'm just waiting to see if it has eaten the OPs cat yet

drudgetrudy · 14/05/2015 20:30

First thread I have watched. Please don't destroy it OP and come back and tell us whether it is a cocoon or some sort or a fungus.

Littleham · 14/05/2015 20:27

Sadly you can't eat it. Edibility: inedible

Littleham · 14/05/2015 20:21

Do you have a log burner? One site says it is quite useful stuff! Grin

The fungus is a useful form of tinder for fire-lighting. The brown variety is usually too heavy and dense to be much good; the black variety is lighter and better. It does need to be completely dry, whereupon it will take a spark from traditional flint and steel. It burns slowly, much like a charcoal briquette, with a particularly pungent smoke. Once lit it is quite difficult to extinguish, but fragments can be broken off and transferred to a tinder ball to create an open flame.

Titsalinabumsquash · 14/05/2015 20:18

I'm concerned that the planet appears to not be burned down by now, just to be safe...

Do you think it was one of them parasite, zombie fungus thingumys that is now controlling the OP and her cat?

Littleham · 14/05/2015 20:17

Gross. Shock I think it is King Alfred's Cakes. This is a picture from images & it is exactly the same.

What the bloody hell is this creature in my outhouse?? [pic]
youraveragemom56 · 14/05/2015 20:15

I really, really need to know what this is now! Otherwise another night of nightmares of pupae and larvae -Blush

TheTravellingLemon · 14/05/2015 20:15

I knew it was going to end this way when she poked it. Crazy brave fool.

hiddenhome · 14/05/2015 20:10

It was nice knowing the OP.

She was a brave soul Sad

CrabbyTheCrabster · 14/05/2015 20:07

It's a fungus.

And now it's eaten the OP. Sad

AbsentMindedNumpty · 14/05/2015 19:59

I am working my way through this thread and having palpitations after clicking on DrLego's link Shock. No more clicking on links then Grin. This has to be the most stressful thread I've read on mn so far (bar spider ones that is, because I don't read them).

EnjoyTheSimpleThingsInLife · 14/05/2015 19:56

I think that thing has exploded and taken OP with it Confused

soverylucky · 14/05/2015 19:53

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EggsAreNotFromCows · 14/05/2015 19:45

Doesn't the Alfred's cake thingy eat wood? That's not on wood?

wasn't there something like that in Star Trek once?

SuffolkNWhat · 14/05/2015 19:37

Where is the OP?

What the bloody hell is this creature in my outhouse?? [pic]
DontWorryBeHappyNow · 14/05/2015 19:34

Arf at the pre-teen pupa dementedma

DontWorryBeHappyNow · 14/05/2015 19:33

Findingmyfeet: Exactly they same thing appeared in my garage about a year ago. It ended up killing me.

You just turned this into a real Zombie thread Grin

MrsSheRa · 14/05/2015 19:18

Don't know what's making me feel worse, the op's mould cocoon or BMW's moss ball of tiny spiders Shock

The thing is, it's not going to change now is it, this is its final form. So the issue is whether or not it can be removed?

Or does it continue to grow??

Sad
BobbyDazzler1 · 14/05/2015 19:17

If you leave cat food in the out house you'll have furry friends of the rat variety too before long!

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 14/05/2015 19:11

Err Is it the MN hive mind?

Effendi · 14/05/2015 19:11

WTAF? I can never unsee that now. :(

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