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[–] 73 points 5 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 50 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    I wish my genitals were this pretty.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Then you would have incredible looking genitals, but still no one to show them to, and no guarantee they'd be as useful as they would be pretty.

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    I want it to be the most potent psychedelic species!

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Came to the comments to see if I can eat that, and how messy would it get

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliophorus_versicolor

    The page doesn't say, and I don't know enough about mushrooms to judge.

    I did however come across many vibe coded "can I eat this mushroom, upload an image" tools...

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago

    Forbidden candy

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I suspect this isn't real. For one thing it looks nothing like Gliophorus versicolor, and for another it looks far too perfect for any mushroom found in the wild.

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    Idk man, based on the Wikipedia picture I can see how this could be an immature pin. Look at the center of the cap. You can see the mycelial mass beginning to accumulate. Then I saw their insta picture of it, and she showed her finger tip for scale. (link to post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYU_PAdk7b5/?img_index=2) , and it doesn't look edited.

    Edit to add some positivity: sometimes the world can be a magical place.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It's possible, I'm just wary because mushrooms seem to be a very popular topic for AI slop generation. The picture you linked shows the stipe looking more like I'd expect so it could be the particular combination of lighting and macro lens making it so gold and reflective in the post here. Very rare indeed to find any kind of mushroom totally clean of any dirt though, particularly in such a wet environment. I can't really look any deeper because I don't do Instagram.

    Fungi are indeed magical and sometimes quite alien. I do some of my own macro fungi photography.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago

    So is cyanesense the photograph or a parasite fungus?

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    Frutiger Aero mushroom

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    Pretty 🥹

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Captain, where are you? I need translation for every word except mushrooms, captured and by.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    If you eat it you probably end up watching all new Simpsons all the time. Not just episodes. All new...everything and everyone...Simpsons. Or evil death pigeons.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    That is neat to look at.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    I can't belive this is a real unedited picture

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Hentai mushroom

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    marge simpson mushroom

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