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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selinson@mander.xyz 3 months agoI also found some last fall!
cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 3 months ago
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Don’t worry, they have no sight or hearing. They can only sense fear.
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
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
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.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Thanks for the pics! WILD!
morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
That’s so many! Thank you for the cool picture 😄
moistclump@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Gah. Looks like forest floor rotting star fish.
selinson@mander.xyz 3 months ago
It sure smelled like that. (;ŏ﹏ŏ)
cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 3 months ago
Appropriate name.