I swear this main-character-energy mushroom wasn't here yesterday?! I've read that some mushrooms can double their size in 24 hours, but this mushroom? She got quantum leap skills.
Aren't mushrooms bizarre? They're fascinating. Wikipedia informs me this is a "coprinus comatus" aka the appropriately named "lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane fungus."
Like all cunning villains, this character wears a wig, proving she's involved in some nefarious subterfuge, popping up into the garden, a stealthy baddie up to no good. It's like she's superbly styled by the genius artists from the series, Wednesday.
If you're thinking, pea-brain put a leash on your revving imagination, here's the most astonishing fact I learned about her: "this mushroom is unusual because it will turn black and dissolve itself in a matter of hours after being picked or depositing spores."
Wait, wot? If you look closely, she's already dissolving! No doubt she is currently popping up (right behind you) in your garden (insert Thing's soundtrack here). 🤣
6 comments:
Codex; it's an it. not a she. Or if you want to be pc, it's a they.
Mushrooms are weird, how they appear. I saw some this summer the size of soccer balls.
Fascinating creatures, mushrooms. One day they're not there, the next they are -- and huge. Lovely surprises.
Yes, mushrooms are fascinating. 😊
Although Google tells me coprinus comatus can be found in my area I've never seen one.
That's quick. I am reminded of the yellow slime mold that popped up overnight in our backyard.
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