Who’ll be your companion on the journey of world discovery The world of plants is extremely diverse from color to size and today
I have discovered 10 plants with highly strange shapes because they look very like human body parts, such as eyes, lips, or even the internal organs
10: Hot lips plant
These gorgeous pair of red, luscious lips belong to a plant known as Psychotria elata, a tropical tree found in the rain forests of Central and South American countries
The petals of this flower often bloom in flare. The thing is that it has a shape of full lips, very sexy.
Its color and scent aims to attract other animals to pollinate, usually hummingbirds or insects such as bees and butterflies.
9: Dead Man’s Fingers fungus
Dead Man’s Fingers fungus or as Xylaria polymorpha are the mushrooms that look like moldy black fingers of dead bodies. Many people turn away and run when seeing this kind of fungus.
Xylaria polymorpha most found in decayed trees in the forest. Despite its terrifying name, this strange fungus is quite useful, they use the yeast system to resolve organic matter, dried branches of plants into humus and minerals.
It can assimilate simple substances to complex ones to increase soil fertility. Although the mushroom is black or grayish-brown in the outside, the core of the mushroom is white.
As a poisonous mushroom, it’s inedible. At the end of the life cycle, the dead man’s finger fungus turns black and gradually rot.
In its early stages, the fungus has a white head, just like the human nail. The fungus grows in the early stages under dry leaves in the forest.
8: Ascocoryne sarcoides
Ascocoryne sarcoides is a species of fungus in the family Helotiaceae. , widely distributed in North America, Europe and Asia. The researchers say they often grow on dead logs or dead trees.
Their length can reach 20 cm, including aecia and sexual spores. In particular, oak stems are their primary habitat The spores are spherical when they are young.
Then their shape will be like a disk or ropes. Researchers also call this fungus small intestine because of its appearance Pale pink and purple are the two main colors.
Mist or rain helps moisten the body’s surface, helping them grow faster. They are asexual reproduction that means they will produce spores on their own, dispersed everywhere by wind and animals.
They often live with other plants or fungi, breeding vigorously during the rainy season. Many explorers often confuse them with pieces of purple jellydisc on a tree trunk. Some people said they had tried it and claimed its bad taste.
7: Wood ear mushroom
Wood ear mushrooms or Auricularia polytricha look like human’s ears. They are used in Asian cuisines, or used as a traditional medicine.
The ear fungus is usually grown from moist trees or logs This mushroom is eaten only after drying for a long time. Shouldn’t eat it fresh because it can easily cause food poison.
They are dried off before sale. The ear mushrooms are crispy. Make sure you soak them in cold water before cooking for 2-3 hours.
If soak it in hot water, they will be viscous, which will reduce the taste.
6: Skul-shaped snapdragon flower
Commonly grown in rocky areas throughout Europe, America and North Africa, snapdragon flower is one of the beautiful flowers that are no stranger to the locals.
But when they wither, they become surprisingly ugly. The flower petals will fall off, revealing the scarily skull-shaped calyx At first glance, many people will mistakenly believe that the withered calyxes are the tiny skulls hanging on the trees.
And if they don’t come close to feel it, they will hardly know whether they are photoshopped products or not.
Known for the flowers shaped like the snout of a dragon are opening, so far, people have called them snapdragon or Antirrhinum majus.
Not only has a fantasied beauty, snapdragon has hidden many mysterious stories for a long time.
It is believed that if women eat skull-shaped calyxes, they will regain their youth and beauty. Meanwhile, some people said that sprinkling those calyxes around the house to expel ghosts.
Legend has it that those who bring along a snapdragon flower will become captivating and charming. Any of you guys want to give it a try?
5: Mutinus caninus
Mutinus has a rather sensitive form that makes many people blush. They are often found on debris and fallen leaves in summer and autumn in Europe or Northeast America.
This mushroom is quite popular and diverse in colors from yellow, white, black, red, pink, and many more. Although this eye-catching fungus’s spores aren’t toxic, it’s inconsumable
4: Clathrus ruber
A mushroom in the shape of a grid like a round, hollow rattan ball. Their favorite food is rotten, decaying wood, living mainly in Europe.
Initially, the spores are in the form of a white sphere surrounded by a thin film of calcium-rich slime that protects the inside of the young mushroom.
In wet conditions, it will break itself to develop into a spherical structure with a diameter of up to 20 cm with bright colors like red, orange and pink.
Beautiful as it is, the fungus has an uncomfortable odor that attracts flies and insects to spread the spores and partly prevents them from being eaten by other species.
3: Cynomorium songaricum
Cynomorium songaricum is a ‘valuable’ fungus that grows and lives on the roots of large timber trees in moist lowland forests in mountainous areas.
It is dark reddish brown in color, composed of a large, rolling flower, surrounded by fetid purple sheath.
It is not a fungus by nature, but because it sprouted partly on the ground and shaped like a normal mushroom, so it’s called mushroom.
In fact, Cynomorium songaricum has many names such as Herba Cynomorii (suo yang), Maltese mushroom, etc. and quite a variety of different types, from shape, color, characteristics and so on.
This mushroom is used to fortify kidney and blood, stimulates gastrointestinal tract and especially for sexual enhancement in both men and women
2: Octopus-like fungus
This mushroom looks like an octopus, with strange colors. They mainly grow on decaying fallen leaves, perennial trees, moist soil, etc.
Clathrus archeri is its scientific name, known as a mushroom in the shape of an octopus. This species is native to Australia and Tasmania but occasionally appears in some countries in Europe, North America and Asia.
The first clathrus archeri is white egg-shaped. Then the top of it split into the slots, and from there, the tentacle began to come out.
There are about 4 – 8 tentacles depending on the eggs’ sizes, which usually the stretch out for 10cm These tentacles are red or pink and quite similar to the octopus’s tentacles.
I’m sure that you won’t stay long when coming near it because this mushroom smells like a corpse You may not like the smell but it is a tool that helps it disperse fungal spores, helping the process of reproduction.
The smell will attract insects to do it. Although they’re not easy to look at, they are still used as food by the locals!
1: Gyromitra esculenta
The ear mushroom-like fungus, whose scientific name is Guromitra esculenta, major grows in Europe and North America.
They usually germinate in sandy soil under the conifer canopy in the spring and early summer.
The red-brown cap is irregularly lobed, rather like a brain, which ranges from 10 to 15cm tall Although its toxin is quite dangerous if eaten raw, they are considered a common food in Eastern Europe.
This type of mushroom is banned from circulating in Spain, the packages of mushrooms sold must have clear instructions for use because the poison cannot dissolve even if you boil them up.
Its toxin can affect the liver, the nervous system and kidneys. The poisoned person will have symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, deep coma and may die after 1 week.
