Humongous Fungus

Octopus Fungus

Is this wild mushroom edible? The specimen in the video is likely a species of Lycoperdon, a common small “puffball” mushroom. I don’t usually bother with these because they’re pretty tiny and not worth the effort, but I found a bunch of them, so I wanted to check their state on the inside. In the next video, I’ll be cooking them! #foraging #nature #puffball #mushrooms #fungi | Feral Foraging

The common stinkhorn, edible or not? 🤔 I think all mushrooms are interesting, but stinkhorns are especially unique! Just the insect-powered spore dispersal is cool but then they've got their weird, slimy, underground egg sacs and interesting shape... 😅 To identify stinkhorns, Phallus impudicus, look for: ✅ Grassy habitats such as lawns, yards, landscaping. ✅ Foamy whitish stem emerging from a sac (volva). ✅ Ridged cap covered in smelly dark slime (gleba) ✅ Before hatching, soft white to pink e