HELP, What’s This Big Yellow Mushroom Thing Growing Out Of This Tree?

Pure Michigan. There's nothing like it. And it's way more than a catchy tourism campaign slogan voiced by "Tim The Tool Man Taylor".

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It's everything from Petoskey stones.

To pictured rocks.

Lots of nature, lots of deer (try not to hit them if you can).

Lots and lots of trees. Oh and by the way if you're out hiking, and you come across some of these...

DNR is paying top dollar for a bushel of red pine cones.

According to fox47news.com in September, Michiganders can go out and pick red pine cones and then bring them to DNR. Wow, how cool is that?

If you collect a bushel of red pine cones you can make $75.00, that is a nice chunk of change.
Read More: Grab Red Pine Cones In Michigan For Cash This September

The next time you're on a nature hike, can you be on the lookout for this?

And once you figure out what it is, could you please tell me.

My buddy Bruce saw it growing out of a tree stump near Grayling and shared it.

The "growth" was on a tree stump at our cabin east of Grayling. The stump is one of 3 trees that were cut 10 - 15 years ago. I've never noticed a growth like that on our property before but we do have regular toad stool kinds of mushrooms. We get false morels in the spring in the yard and every once in a while a true morel or 2. The stumps are on the edge of a wooded area. They're not near any obvious water source.

He said it looks like candy corn. Someone said it's "chicken of the woods"?

What's that? Is that a real thing? Is it a mushroom? Is it safe to eat? Is it psychedelic?

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