After a rain last week, both the mycologist and the 15-year-old boy in me were tickled to see that our lawn sprouted with lantern stinkhorns, which look exactly like . . . ok, a dog who's really happy to see you. A male dog. Who's really happy to see you.
So after I got done making penis jokes to myself, I thought a little about biodiversity in the state known for Jimmy Hoffa, the turnpike and being an extension of NYC, and how it's a shame that more people don't just take a sec to look down at their feet more often. Apparently, stinkhorns are notorious for popping up in urban spaces, flowerpots, windowboxes and the like. And if I were an apartment dweller noticing one of these (or any of the other dozens of species of North American stinkhorn) rearing its head--and odor! They're called stinkhorns for a reason!!--at me, I'd sure want to learn about them.
Take a peek at the Stinkhorn Hall of Fame for some awesome examples of these fellas. You've totally got to look at the Phallus hadriani, the sixth one down--priceless! Life imitates life, y'know.
3 comments:
Penis plants! Teehee :) Glad to know I'm not the only one who's occasionally 10 years old.
Wow. That is one phallic mushroom. I bet you could duel with them.
On guard!
Aren't mushrooms just so much fun! Wow, thanks for sharing that. Here´s another one, varietal in the psilocybe genera "Penis Envy"--no joke
http://www.earthstongue.com/site/388422/product/Psilocybe_Cubensis_Penis_Envy_20cc_Spore_Syringe
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