Mushrooms are one of the most amazing and ancient inhabitants of our amazing planet. The shape and properties of mushrooms only confirm the uniqueness of nature. In addition, fungi are isolated in a separate class of eukaryotic plants, combining the characteristics of animals and plants. But we will not go deep into science, but walk through the forest to present the most unusual mushrooms, similar to parts of the human body and organs. Do not forget to mention some plants that also surprise us with their unique and unusual forms.
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Bleeding Tooth / Hydnellum peckii
The hat at Gidnellum Peck can be of various shapes, but there is one thing that distinguishes this mushroom from the rest - a reddish liquid flows from the fungal cavity.
This comes from an excess of moisture, and then the mushroom resembles a bleeding tooth thrown into the grass. Agree, not a very pleasant sight.
A closer look reveals its similarity to “strawberries with cream”. A beautiful mushroom is not poisonous, but it is very tasteless and smells bad, so it has not gained fame among the culinary specialists.
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Voronettochnik / Actaea pachypoda
The plant belongs to a large family of buttercups, and grows in the vastness of the United States and Canada, and the people call it “Puppet Eye”.
The name "doll's eye" the plant received due to the unusual shape of the berry, which resembles bulging eyes. This is a kind of warning that eating beautiful berries is not worth it.
The fact is that they contain potent cardiotropic toxins that affect the heart muscle, and when consumed, cause a heart attack, and sometimes eating berries leads to death.
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Lepiota brown-yellow / Lepiota boudieri
Outwardly, this poisonous plant resembles human nipples, and belongs to a large family of champignon.
The hat is very smooth, and when saturated with moisture, it drops, taking the form of a human breast. Most lepiotas contain poison amatoxin, so it is better to bypass them.
The plant is quite rare, but from July to October can be found on a vast territory from Denmark to the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
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Double netting / Phallus duplicatus
You can meet this unusual mushroom in the forests of Ukraine, Russia. Mushroom pickers are especially surprised when they meet him in the vast Moscow region. Due to its unusual shape, it is called the Lady with the Veil.
Despite its magnificent beautiful appearance, this plant smells rather specific, attracting the aroma of flies, which spread the spores of the fungus. In such a simple way, the mushroom adapted to multiply with the help of Lepidoptera.
After the magnificent "Lady with the Veil" blossoms, the plant lives only one day.
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Common line / Gyromitra esculenta
In appearance, this mushroom is very similar to the human brain, which differs from the original only in color.
You can find it on sandy soils, and places under coniferous trees are a favorite growing area. There are different opinions about its edibility, but it is better not to take it in a basket.
In the photo: Morchella conica
Like the line, the human brain resembles another mushroom - Conical Morel (Morchella conica), which is the sibling of the more common edible morel on the open spaces of Russia.
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Walnut / Juglans regia
Nature has become generous and created another fruit, reminiscent of the appearance of the brain, and we all know from childhood that this is a walnut.
The plant is of great importance in human economic activity. Huge relict forests of walnuts are preserved in some areas of Kyrgyzstan, and so it is distributed almost throughout the globe, but is afraid of severe frosts.
In Russia, this tree and its fruits were also called a royal nut, and were eaten both in their usual form and added to culinary dishes.
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Carrot / Daucus carota subsp. Sativus
Continuing the theme of plants, we also mention carrots, because if you make a cut, the carrot resembles the human eye. On the cut, you can even observe the pattern, so similar to the iris.
Man began to cultivate this plant more than 4 thousand years ago, and today it is difficult to imagine modern cooking without this root crop.
What is noteworthy, the use of carrots is advised by doctors and nutritionists to people who have vision problems. So, the similarity with the human eye in a popular ancient root crop is not accidental.
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Celery / Apium
Looking at celery, you can see that it is incredibly similar to nothing more than human bones.
The Russian name came to us from the French or Dutch language, and for many years celery has been a popular product on the tables of our compatriots.
Doctors noticed that its use has beneficial properties specifically on human bones, since the plant has a high silicon content.
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Tomato / Solanum lycopersicum
By its appearance, a tomato, or, as it is also called, a tomato, resembles a human heart, and if cut, it can be seen that the fetus also has chambers and partitions.
The name of the tomato came to the world from the Aztecs, but the tomato in translation from the singing Italian language means “golden apple”. In Russia, two names of tasty and beautiful fruit have the same use.
Its similarity to the heart was noticed long ago, but in the twentieth century, scientists found that eating tomatoes favorably affects the work of the heart muscle.
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Auricular auricular / Auricularia auricula
Edible mushroom grows in large colonies on trees, but the name "Judas ear", received due to the appearance and legend that Judas hanged himself on an elderberry.
Doctors say that eating it lowers cholesterol and also helps to clot blood, but in Japan and China it’s quite a tasty, but rare delicacy.
Doctors also say that the “ear”, rich in calcium and iron, also helps with respiratory problems.
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Psychotria sublime / Psychotria elata
If Auricularia resembles an ear, then the sublime Psychotria looks like lips, and because of the bright red color it received the popular nickname “hot lips”.
A tree with such an exotic flower grows in the tropical latitudes of South and Central America. The bark and leaves of a tropical tree are used in medicine to treat a cough or ear disease.
Among the peoples of Central America, a flower is often presented as a gift. Men, therefore, show their love to their chosen one.
But about the most beautiful lips, we have a very interesting article.
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Ascocorine meat / Ascocoryne sarcoides
We continue the ear theme and imagine Askokorina meat, which strongly resembles the spherical earlobes of the human ear.
This mushroom grows on dead hardwood, and you can find it in the forests of North America and Europe. The mushroom has no nutritional value, since it has long been recognized as inedible, although the word “meat” is also present in the name.
When there are many of them, they resemble the small intestine of a person, especially when they accumulate plenty of moisture after rain.
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Anthurus Archer / Clathrus archeri
To the whole world, and especially to inveterate mushroom pickers, an unusual mushroom of an original, but frightening shape is familiar under the name “Devil's Fingers”.
Growing up, the mushroom has 4-8 reddish fingers with blackish veins. It resembles a mushroom like a human hand and an octopus tentacle. It grows in the form of a ball, and when it bursts, the notorious fingers scare the eye.
The size of such fingers reaches up to 10 cm in height, and the plant itself spreads over the surface of the earth to a width of 25 cm.
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Mutinus canine / Mutinus caninus
Basidiomycete mushrooms from a huge family of oyster mushrooms, due to their original shape, were named after the ancient Roman deity.
Translated from Latin, the name of the phallic Roman god is translated “like a dog”, and you can meet him in the coniferous forests of Europe and North America.
It attracts insects with its shape and specific aroma, and after the insects eat the upper part of the fungus, it completely decays in 3-4 days.
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Xylaria manifold / Xylaria polymorpha
Despite such an unusual name “Dead Man’s Fingers”, which in ancient times was assigned to Xylaria polymorpha, people did not attribute any magic or magical properties to mushrooms.
Indeed, growing out of the ground, they resemble fingers in their shape and white color. A man did not begin to test his properties on himself, but limited himself to simply describing the original form.
They like to grow in small groups, even more frightening fans to walk in the woods.
By the way, speaking of mysticism, we want to advise you on an article about the most beautiful witches from the movie, which is published on the site most-beauty.ru.
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Human Mushroom / Geastrum britannicum
During the collection of mushrooms in the UK you can find here such an original mushroom, with its shapes resembling a little man.
Discovered it and entered in the mushroom reference books recently, in 2000, and by 2015, scientists have completely completed its description and research. The DNA of an interesting fungus was fully decoded.
This form and internal ratio of proteins and carbohydrates once again confirms that mushrooms are not animals and plants, but a separate unique and bewitching kingdom.
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Geoglossum deceiving / Geoglossum cookeianum
The appearance of these mushrooms was determined by their popular name “Earthen tongue”, and they grow in large grassy meadows or forest edges in large groups.
You can easily go past such a mushroom, taking it for ordinary grass, but here a bright color will attract attention. Indeed, a small mushroom looks like a tongue that unexpectedly grew from the ground.
The height of such "languages" reaches from 3 to 7 cm, and the growth period occurs from the end of July to October.
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Chinese flower / Chinese Fleeceflower
The roots of the Chinese flower resemble a potato man. You can meet a plant of unusual shape in China.
It is hard to believe that nature could create such forms, and many skeptics assert that this is the work of enterprising Chinese farmers who are trying to thus draw attention to their products.
The Chinese attribute healing properties to an unusual plant and apply it from almost all diseases. And for the first time its healing properties were discovered in the first millennium BC.
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Large snapdragon / Antirrhinum majus
The distribution area of the unusual annual plant is quite extensive, from southern Europe to East Asia. It is also found in North Africa.
The grassy plant got its name due to the fact that its flowers resemble a wide open lion's mouth, but when the petals fall, the plant looks like a human skull.
Many legends are associated with it, according to one of which a woman who has eaten a flower will receive eternal youth. But the plant is poisonous, so it’s better not to do this.
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Mushroom Shell / Humaria hemisphaerica
We complete the journey into the fascinating world of entertaining biology with a mushroom similar to a shell. Its official name is Gumaria hemispherical, and it grows in Europe and North America on moist soils, and sometimes on rotting wood.
The externally sterile surface of the fungus is covered with numerous hairs that can only be seen under a microscope. It is not eaten because of its small size and thin pulp.
If you look closely, in an amazing mushroom shape, you can consider not only the shell, but also the ancient bowl, or half a coconut.
In conclusion
As you can see, nature has a very rich imagination, and some forms created by it can scare seriously, and some cause a smile. We also note that mushrooms were even honored with their own science - mycology, and picking mushrooms in ancient times was considered a necessary component of the survival of mankind, and today it has become an exciting hobby, called "silent hunting."