Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/02/13/mushroom-growing-from-frog.html
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Oh man, imagine how f-ed up you could get if both the mushroom and the frog turned out to be psychedelic.
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oh man, look how that fruiting body is facing forward, or in the driver’s seat (if you will). here’s doubting the frog is still in complete control of the operation; and/or let’see the extent of the internal mycelium [horrorshow face]
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Is this how it starts? The end of the human dominated world? First the frog, then on and on til it comes for us? You heard it here first, kids!
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I mean, in my younger days I have grown a decent batch of fungus on my feet. Like that one time on a float trip I made the mistake of sleeping with wet socks on. So dumb…
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Careful, that’s how you get brain spores.
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Freaky fungus has frog growing from its bottom.
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Mycelium is all through the rotting plant matter in frog’s stomach that it ate by mistake.
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There’s some good evidence that stuff like this is one of the big reasons birds and mammals are warm-blooded. We run so hot that most fungi can’t handle it!
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Interesting article, but I have deliberately spent time resetting my password to ask - why is a post about a frog tagged as “reptiles”?
Does boing boing not have an “amphibians” tag?
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This Frog + fungus combination is unusual, but is much more benign than the combination we’re much more worried about:
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And not at all wound about the frog’s nervous system? Well that’s a relief (particularly for the frog) Let’s hope your optimism is reflected in the data [wink]
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It’s our fault for making frogs gay /s
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I think that wins the local internet for today. Well played!
Its not a toadstool but rather a frog mushroom!
Frungi?
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Just for once I’m sticking to the boring Occam’s Razor explanation. Mushroom is in the right place to have busted through from Froggo’s stomach.
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