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serenDPT@mander.xyz
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I also found some last fall!

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moistclump@lemmy.world
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Gah. Looks like forest floor rotting star fish.

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serenDPT@mander.xyz
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It sure smelled like that. (⁠;⁠ŏ⁠﹏⁠ŏ⁠)

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cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world
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Appropriate name.

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

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mouserat@discuss.tchncs.de
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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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serenDPT@mander.xyz
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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: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrus_ruber

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mouserat@discuss.tchncs.de
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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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morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de
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That’s so many! Thank you for the cool picture 😄

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shalafi@lemmy.world
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Thanks for the pics! WILD!

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