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Gomphaceae Consuming A Pinecone. More Examples Inside. (lemmy.world)

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[–] the_artic_one@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's a normal pinecone?

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The thin spindly ones? I'm from south of the equator, we don't have a huge variety of pines here. Never seen anything like that.

[–] the_artic_one@programming.dev 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Here's a chart from the Pacific Northwest. Only the top left quarter are actual pine cones but if you asked someone here what a "regular pinecone" is, they'd probably pick the Douglas fir cone (though TBF, "what kind of tree is a Douglas fir?" mystified science for decades).

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Oh that's cool! The Poderosa pine is the only one I recognize, and I think that's because of a misguided attempt at "reforestation" that used this non native plant. The Araucária is the only native pine-like I know, but I don't know whether you'd call its massive dry fruit¹ a pinecone. Tasty seeds, though.

¹: The pine

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

Being from Texas, all of these look strange to me. If you ask us what a "regular pine cone" is, people would definitely point to a loblolly pine: