This is in a little cottage used as a school room in Kailua, Hawaii. This is on the island of Oahu.
I walked into school and saw what I thought was droppings on the plastic calendar cover. In my 50 years in Hawaii, I have never seen droppings that look like this. Then I looked up and saw this stuck to the wall. It is as white as the wall, but has the same orange stuff perhaps sticking it to the wall. It is maybe 2 inches long. What could this be?
New input: Some r/insects people think it might be a failed praying mantis ootheca. Others suggested I cross post over here because AI thinks it's white mold oozing through a defect in the paint. It certainly has been a rainy hurricane season in Hawaii this year.

the bigger one i saw last time walking by was sadly trampled

Can anyone help identify what this is? 😭

I recently discovered this strange lump in the corner of my bedroom, sitting on the carpet.

It's greyish-brown with what looks like a hard outer surface and some white, fluffy-looking material around the bottom.

I'm fairly certain it wasn't there a few weeks ago. There's no noticeable smell, and the wall behind it is shared with a bathroom.

I'm concerned it could be mould, some kind of insect nest, or something else entirely.

I haven't touched or disturbed it because I genuinely have no idea what it is.

Located in Victoria, Australia.

Does anyone recognise it or know what it could be? And is it something I should be concerned about?

found in east TN in a raised bed (not far above the ground tho). thank you so much!! 🍄‍🟫🩷

Got the first pin growth. Monotub setup. This is my first grow and it seems to be coming along well. This is the pioneer pin that came up. Open to any suggestions or advice on how to increase the yield. Thanks!

Location: Essex Massachusetts

Are they poisonous? Edible?

Found this big guy at work, cut it out after my shift, almost positive it's a puffball, but want to cover my paranoia by asking here. It's look-alikes don't get this big right? I haven't cut it open since I want to wait until I prepare it.

Found in forest near our neighborhood in Surrey, BC

In East TN found on a slight incline at the top of my orchard.

This might make me a mushroom hunter. Beautiful!

Hi! First time forager with much enthusiasm. I believe I have positively identified these as Hen of the Woods, and want to use them for some fake bacon tonight. Any additional visual ID to check my work would be encouraging!

White pores underside, no gills
No black staining when cut
Found at base of oak
Southwestern Ohio, USA

This guy was literally melting when I found him, super cool. I bet if I had picked it it woulda been a puddle by dinner time.

Found these with the wwu mushroom club last week- I know theyre conks but do they have like a specific type? Im not very knowledgeable on mushrooms🫠I looked through my guide and found “heterobasidion annosum” and it kind of looks like this.

sooo i just started getting into mushroom foraging and i saw these cool blue mushrooms! i took a picture of it with an app and it said blue green elf woodcups but im not sure how accurate it was so hoping i could get an ID!

I'm lucky enough to have lived my life in the Pacific Northwest and I'm even luckier to have chanterelles growing year after year on my property. I grew up camping in Olympic National Park and we always would pick Chanterelles and they never seemed to do this. I've eaten them and they don't taste any different but I'm just curious what might be the cause.

I was leaning towards ballerina waxcap but the last picture has thrown me and tbh I don't actually know anything about mushrooms really.

Scotland, October, residential garden

I mean it resembles birds nest fungi but I’ve never seen one so large like this!

These are all taken and edited by me!!

Charleston, SC