A big phallic mushroom put on quite a show in eastern Germany, where its life cycle was captured on camera.
The mushroom, called Phallus impudicus, looks as NSFW as its species name would have you believe, and the video is really something.
It is part of a fungus that lives underground all year round and when it starts to fruiting, balls the size of an egg start to form near the soil surface.
These are called devil’s eggs and are thought to act as an aphrodisiac.
You might be less turned on by the idea when you hear about the mushroom’s slime-covered cap, however.
The video was captured by Regionalforstamt Soest-Sauerland, a government forestry office in Germany, and shared on Facebook.
When the mushroom bursts forth, it makes a green brown jelly that is stuffed with spores.
Enough to turn the stomach of most humans, but it’s an adaptation that helps the fungus disperse its
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