{"id":77522,"date":"2024-05-22T14:54:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T07:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/?p=77522"},"modified":"2024-05-22T14:54:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T07:54:18","slug":"the-eerie-fungus-known-as-dead-mans-fingers-is-aptly-named-fitting-its-unsettling-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/the-eerie-fungus-known-as-dead-mans-fingers-is-aptly-named-fitting-its-unsettling-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"The eerie fungus known as \u2018Dead Man\u2019s Fingers\u2019 is aptly named, fitting its unsettling appearance."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The eerie fungus known as \u2018Dead Man\u2019s Fingers\u2019 is aptly named, fitting its unsettling appearance.\n</h2><p>If mushrooms are nothing more than a pizza topping for you, the Facebook group Mushroomcore might leave you pleasantly surprised. Turns out there are more mushrooms out there than just champignons and fly amanitas \u2013 and some of them are outright terrifying. A little while ago, Facebook user Regan Daniels shared photos of a bizarre mushroom called Xylaria polymorpha, aka Dead Man\u2019s Fingers, and you\u2019ll quickly realize why it\u2019s called that way. Members of the group couldn\u2019t believe what they were seeing and some even called the pictures fake \u2013 but Regan assured they were very much real.\n</p><p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-77532 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/inovatestory.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/05%5C/55.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"763\"' height='\"764\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/55.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Regan Daniels recently shared photos of a creepy mushroom called Dead Man\u2019s Fingers to the Mushroomcore Facebook group\n</p><p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-77533 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/inovatestory.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/05%5C/56.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"802\"' height='\"600\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/56.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Image credits: Fair GroundsThe mushrooms have a pretty distinctive appearance, looking a lot like necrotic fingers. And just in case you don\u2019t know how they look like, we recommend you not Google it \u2013 just take our word for it. The mushroom is pretty widely spread and can typically be found in the woods of the UK, mainland Europe and North America. So the next time you spot one on your evening stroll through the forest, make sure to snap a pic to scare your friends!Turns out there are even more species of creepy fungi out there, like the Jelly ear fungus\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>The eerie fungus known as \u2018Dead Man\u2019s Fingers\u2019 is aptly named, fitting its unsettling appearance. If mushrooms are nothing more than a pizza topping for you, the Facebook group Mushroomcore might leave you pleasantly surprised. Turns out there are more mushrooms out there than just champignons and fly amanitas \u2013 and some of them are\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":77534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-77522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/49.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p>