Cryptic Clues

[Morsul the Dark]

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Very clever. I suppose the brilliance of Tolkien's starry universe can blind one to more tawdry things like celebrity.

Here we go, then:

Red hip mutates in the woods, although surrounded by nothing.

What in the.....

I'm having flashback to Saucepanman...

Mutates could indicate an anagram...
I wonder if "Although surrounded by nothing" could be the straight clue working from that it could be an island or the void... something to that effect...