draco-rys:

gallusrostromegalus:

catsfeminismandatla:

thefamilyspinster:

teamrcket:

nope:

correctdichotomy:

(image credit to Dan Hoare on twitter)

I ONLY JUST LEARNED ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF THIS MUSHROOM????? WHICH ERUPTS FROM AN EGG BEFORE UNCURLING HELLISH ARMS, EXPOSING ITS STICKY MASS OF SPORES TO BE SPREAD BY FLIES ATTRACTED BY THE SCENT OF ROTTING FLESH???

Admittedly, I am easily won over by all organisms that attract flies with the scent of rotting flesh. But the octopus stinkhorn (Clathrus archeri) also has tentacles, a freaky egg stage, and blackish goop, so it’s my favorite now.

i want to die

Ik @salocinogul gonna wanna c this

@glumshoe this seems up your alley

@gallusrostromegalus have you heard of this mushroom?

It’s in my queue of Botanical Illustrations for a gallery show! also feat. Corpse Flower, 

Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, a selection of carnivorous plants, the poisonous things lurking in your back yard and several Pieces of dead and decaying things!

The show’s called “Dead, Decaying and Disgusting- The Ugly Side of Plants and Fungi” and it’s an educational exhibit for kids, supposed to be up at CU Bpulder next summer but the gallery head is doing a terrible job answering her email. (Due to contracts, I can’t post any of the works until they’re done, but you bet they will be all over when it’s ready)

@unsettlingstories