Mushrooms with Petals?

These mushrooms - which I discovered growing outside my local Best Buy - are more interesting looking than your typical undead grey variety of fungus flower.


Perhaps they're a rare breed that grow only when nourished with the unrequited tears of true geeks pining for tech they can never afford?

I wonder if it would be healthy to have decorative mushrooms growing in pots in a home? Could you encourage deeper colors by introducing dyes to their water?

Mmn, Mushrooms

I encountered these dinner-plate-sized mushrooms on my way to check mail recently. Too bad they would probably kill me if I ate em. It would be cool if I owned testing apparatus that could scan and verify them safe for consumption. Pretty though.

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Why so many pics lately, you ask? Well I finally have a camera phone that takes decent pics, is all.