Animal Tracking: Who's Scat Is That?

I might need ya'lls help! You see I found this scat about a week ago and can't quite seem to identify who poop'ed this one out?!

I know it appears to be hairy in the pic, but in real life and if you click the pic to a larger size you will see it is more like a fungus growing on it, rather then hair sticking out. It seems to be a grouping of large (as in much larger then a deer, rabbit or even a raccoon) pellets that are more oval shaped.

The closest I could find to this scat in my trusty rusty lil' scat book was that it may be a groundhog... except everyone says it's rare to see groundhog scat because usually they poop inside a special place in the tunnels at their home. An underground groundhog bathroom.

So could this be a rare moment of a groundhog poopin' in the wild instead of at his hand built potty place?

So, Help! Who shat this scat?
XOxoxo

Goodbye King George

Meet King George - he is kind of a loner bad boy ground hog who ate all my soy beans plants last year. Since I am moving away from here within a week I am starting to say a few goodbyes to the regulars I became accustom to. Me and King George have had a love hate relationship, being that I respect his fabulous beaver look sans paddle tail & his native right to be here... but my gawd when he ate my gardens I just wanted to punt his ass. How can ya punt something so cute though, he looks like the New Orleans native rat, the Nutria! That makes me all warm and fuzzy inside & miss home... so good luck King George, may some nice guy with a cage capture you and bring you out to the Blue Ridge Parkway and out of this crowded city. Smooches!

xoxo