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20 Most Bizarre Mushroom And Fungi Species In The World

Yayınlanma: 28 June 2024 - 02:10

Mushrooms are found almost everywhere in the world. Almost 14,000 specious mushrooms currently inhabiting dank forest floors, decaying tree trunks, and dung piles, there are bound to be some strange-looking varieties. Many of the most bizarre mushrooms on the planet are extremely elusive. Here's something you probably didn't know: fungi are the unsung heroes of tree and plant care. Here is the 20 of our favorite fungi facts.

The grotesque-looking fingers are coated in a smelly slime that attracts insects that land on the mushrooms and then spread the weird mushroom's spores when they fly off again. It seems that Devil's Fingers are quite good at reproducing as they reached the United Kingdom by way of Australian weapons. Indeed, though Devil's Fingers were first recorded in Britain, it is believed that they originated in Australia or New Zealand and reached Europe by way of some spores that might have clung to munitions in transit. In Australia, the bizarre fungus is called Octopus Stinkhorn, and in parts of the United States, it is commonly called Octopus Fungus.