What sort of plant is this ?

What was this plant and what is that lying on it ?

 

My son, who raises snakes, says it looks like a clutch of hatched eggs on cypress mulch. But...I know that is not the answer to the question LOL

 

Gee, I have no idea what the plant is... looks like a big ol nast slug had its way with it though, or a horse with a very bad cold.

 

Like the above answer of horse with cold :)

Ok is it a puff ball type fungus that is growing in horse manure with straw and someone has burst it and meanwhile the slugs have come for a visit......ugh it looks pretty ordinary what er it is.

Liz

 

I tend to think that it is a puffball too

 

This Pic. was taken precisely 65 days earlier .

 

And this Pic. was taken the same day as the first pic .

So Smokymist You are 1/2 right .

Original question was ( What was this plant )
And the emphasis is on WAS ?

 

AFter seeing that second picture I was pretty sure it was a clutch of hatched eggs.
So the snake layed it's eggs on a plant...hmmm.....now that is a hard one.

 

Is that some sort of bamboo ? just taking a wild guess

 

almost looks like old palm fronds

 

OK , One last Pic before I give it away.
It was a type of Garden Mulch the Carpet Snake / Python used for a nest ?
Incubation took 65 days.

 

Sugar cane straw?

 

Michael F, Has done it again .
Here on the Gold Coast they don't Burn Sugar Cane any more .
A machine cuts the tops off , and they bail it up and sell it to Us gardeners .
These Big rolls of mulch cost $50 each . Some farmers feed them to their cattle .

 

Though I did have to wait for the big clue!