11 thoughts on “They Grow Up So Fast

  1. Formerly known as @ireland.com

    I thought this article was “Is This You?”, when I saw the first mushroom do its thing.

    1. Someone

      That is commonly known as a Stinkhorn, or to give it it’s latin family name “Phallacae” (not sure what genus is)

      I know this because I brought one into a botany class in college and as soon as I got in the door the lecturer told me to GTF out with it.
      The reason being was that for the rest of the class everybody could smell the f**ker despite me launching it into the next field soon after the instruction from the lecturer.

      1. Someone

        Actually I’m wrong, they are part of the Phallales order, but the family of this species is called Dictophora due to the veil that comes down.
        They are still referred to as Stinkhorns though, so at least I got that right.

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