There's a fungus known as dead man's fingers... because it can literally look like the fingers of a corpse bursting out of the ground.

Flying Squid@lemmy.world · 6 months ago

There's a fungus known as dead man's fingers... because it can literally look like the fingers of a corpse bursting out of the ground.

meleethecat@lemmy.world · 6 months ago

There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream. There with fantastic garlands did she come Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, But our cold maids do dead men’s fingers call them

Aslanta@lemmy.world · edit-2 2 days ago

That’s a great one 😇. I picture her wreath a little differently now.

There's a fungus known as dead man's fingers... because it can literally look like the fingers of a corpse bursting out of the ground.

There's a fungus known as dead man's fingers... because it can literally look like the fingers of a corpse bursting out of the ground.

From the Grave: Dead Man's Fingers - Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay