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[–] [email protected] 83 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They are really cool, I saw one in the wild in southern Germany last fall

[–] [email protected] 58 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I also found some last fall!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Gah. Looks like forest floor rotting star fish.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Appropriate name.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Thanks for the pics! WILD!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

This makes it seem so harmless.