They are really cool, I saw one in the wild in southern Germany last fall
octopus stinkhorn
Submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
selinson@mander.xyz 1 year ago
moistclump@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Gah. Looks like forest floor rotting star fish.
cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 1 year 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.
mouserat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year 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
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Thanks for the pics! WILD!
morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
That’s so many! Thank you for the cool picture 😄
Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
This makes it seem so harmless.
jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 1 year ago
For goodness’ sake, DO NOT GO NEAR THE FREAKY ALIEN EGG THING THAT HAS TENTACLES AND SMELLS LIKE ROTTING FLESH
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I better pet the obviously dangerous thing.
jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is how people die in movies
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
You sure there ain’t an Oblivion portal nearby?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Somebody call Sigorny Weaver and tell her to bring the flame thrower!
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 1 year ago
maculata@aussie.zone 1 year ago
That has some serious Cthulhu vibes
No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.
jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Pbpbpbpbhhhb’hh pfb’hhbhfp ph’pbhbfbf’bhfp
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ia! Ia!
maculata@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Pfft. I heard that one last week.
Shareni@programming.dev 1 year ago
Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!
Erasmus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Father Nurgle is pleased.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
But are they edible?
agent_flounder@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Like anything, you can eat it at least once…
selinson@mander.xyz 1 year ago
German Wikipedia says it’s edible but it doesn’t taste good.
marduk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Surely someone has tried?
s23b@programming.dev 1 year ago
I’ve tried a close relative, the stinkhorn (aptly named phallus impudicus). While in the egg phase, the slimy outer layer can be peeled off. Then you cut the inside into thin wedges, and fry them in oil. They taste like earthier french fries. The stuff in the post I’ve only ever encountered in the mature stage, so I never got to try this recipe with them. Since they are very similar in most aspects, I’d guess the technique should work.
odium@programming.dev 1 year ago
lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Would be a vegan alternative to sea food
tegs_terry@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Also called ‘Devil’s Fingers’
Granixo@feddit.cl 1 year ago
Upside down Barnacle from Half-Life
DPRK_Chopra@hexbear.net 1 year ago
[deleted]SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 1 year ago
be restrained by the tentacles
penguinsAreRapists@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As someone who’s absolutely afraid/disgusted/horrified by octopus, these also need to be eradicated from this planet
lady_maria@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Disturbing! I love it.
Xanis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If this ever evolves into The Flesh that Hates imma blame you all.
Neato@ttrpg.network 1 year ago
Lol. Damn near every fungi on Wikipedia has a toxicology section. But this one is busy like, No one would ever think about eating this so who fucking knows?
valen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
All fungi are edible. Some are only edible once.
-Terry Pratchett
AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Maybe despite it’s shite smell it’s like super duper delicious and nobody has tried until now?
MajorSauce@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
You go first.
bitwolf@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Or maybe it’s a super food like Durian
jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What’s that fruit that smells lijkke sewage?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 year ago
This one obviously doesn’t want us to eat it haha.
moistclump@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Might be a hell of a trip though.
lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
So yeah, it’s likely no one has ever tried to eat one… but I feel pretty confident someone’s tried to fuck one.
Hupf@feddit.de 1 year ago
I have a valuable cylinder stuck in a octopus stinkhorn and I can’t get it out, what do I do?
booty@hexbear.net 1 year ago
That’s crazy. There are people out there who intentionally rot meat in order to eat it, but this one comes pre-smelly and it’s not actually rotten and nobody eats it? That’s fucked up