King Alfred's Cakes
Daldinia concentrica
- washed-up on strandline 2
Specimen above found on the strandline at Perranporth Beach, Perranporth, Cornwall. 09.02.16.
King Alfred's Cakes
Daldinia concentrica
- washed-up on strandline 3
The specimens above were found on the high tide mark at Langstone Rock, Dawlish Warren, Devon. 21.04.16.
This is NOT a true sea bean or seed, it is in fact a fungus which is usually found on Ash trees. The fungus has detached from branches and has got into rivers and washed into the sea where it has drifted around before being brought back to shore.
It's here because it was a beach find and it could potentially be mistaken for a decaying Mary's Bean, Merremia discoidesperma.