Comment on octopus stinkhorn

morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• selinson@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I also found some last fall!

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  • moistclump@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Gah. Looks like forest floor rotting star fish.

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    • selinson@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It sure smelled like that. (⁠;⁠ŏ⁠﹏⁠ŏ⁠)

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    • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Appropriate name.

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  • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Omg if I came across that while hiking in the woods without knowing what it was, I would probably hightail it out of there, all the while looking back to make sure it wasn’t following me.

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    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t worry, they have no sight or hearing. They can only sense fear.

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  • mouserat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How did you not run away screaming? Is this fungus common knowledge? I’ve never seen it and I am happy to have read this post before stumbling on this another dimension opening strawberry-red nightmare

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    • selinson@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      xD I read a lot of books about nature when I was a kid and therefore knew of this fungus for some time. I always wanted to see this one, too: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrus_ruber

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      • mouserat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        As it has no tentacles I can see the beauty in this one, too. But I am really confused about how unreal those fungi look.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks for the pics! WILD!

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  • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s so many! Thank you for the cool picture 😄

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• Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This makes it seem so harmless.

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