A Mycological Marvel And Its Mate: This Mushroom Looks Like a Penis

As a self-described, amateur mycologist, inspired by Paul Stamets’s TEDMED talk¹, I couldn’t help but click when presented with a reddit (forgive me!) post about mushrooms.²

What we have here is a fine example of Amanita caesarea, or Caesar’s mushroom. Identified by its orange-red cap, a stipe emerging from a pronounced volva, distinguishing it fr…

Hey! Wait a minute…

Do you see what I see? Maybe I’ve been reading too much of Dr. Beachcombing’s Bizarre History Blog.³

Let the cat, or skogkatt, out of the bag on Facebook, on Twitter, or in the comments below.

MORE GREAT STORIES FROM WEEK IN WEIRD:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXHDoROh2hA ↩

2. http://imgur.com/a/wEXyv ↩

3. http://www.strangehistory.net/ ↩