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This was some sort of fungus or plant growth growing on an oak tree root in the crawlspace of someone’s house. My partner is a plumber and knows I enjoy nature mysteries. he sent me these thinking it was a “dangerous mushroom” 😂 unfortunately this is the only pic he got and didn’t bring a sample home. He says they’re about 2 feet in length each. Some had a “paddle” on the end. My partner did some investigating and poked the root below one of these large growths. It was so brittle and hollow that it just broke straight through(third photo). The second photo looks like a lacquered bracket, and the long coral-like arms almost look like new growths, but on this scale, I’m stumped! I’ve heard of giant ganodermas, but wasn’t expecting to find one in South Carolina? Anyone know what in the world is going on here??