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13 Most Bizarre Mushrooms

13 Most Bizarre Mushrooms



These 13 crazy mushrooms will blow your mind. You probably won't find them on your dinner plate, but you will find them entertaining.

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Lion's Mane Mushroom (Hericium erinaceus)

This strange mushroom goes by many names, including Lion's Mane Mushroom, Bearded Tooth Mushroom, Hedgehog Mushroom, Satyr's Beard, Bearded Hedgehog Mushroom, pom pom mushroom, or Bearded Tooth Fungus. Native to North America, it can be found growing on hardwood trees. Despite its strange looks, it is indeed edible.

 

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Puffball Mushrooms

There are quite a few varieties of puffball mushroom, all of which belong in the division Basidiomycota, and all of which have their own unique characteristics. But what they all share in common is that they do not grow an open cap with spore-bearing gills, but instead the spores are grown internally and the mushroom develops an aperture or splits open to release the spore. Besides their general appearance, they are called puffballs because of the clouds of spores that "puff" out when they burst open or are hit with an impact like falling raindrops.

 

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Indigo Milkcap (Lactarius indigo)

This purple beauty can be found in the coniferous and deciduous forests of eastern North America, East Asia, and Central America. When the mushroom is cut or broken open, the milk, or latex, that oozes out is a beautiful indigo blue. Though it looks quite poisonous, it is reportedly edible and is sold in some markets.

Bleeding Tooth (Hydnellum peckii)

This odd mushroom is found in North America and Europe, and was in the last few years also discovered in Iran and Korea. The younger specimens of the species bleed a bright red juice that has anticoagulant properties, hence its common name. Though they don't seem to be poisonous, they have an extremely bitter taste and so are inedible.

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Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina)

This purple beauty is found in deciduous and coniferous forests in temperate zones around North America, Central and South America, Europe, and Asia. Though vividly purple when young, older specimens loose their bright coloration and are more difficult to identify, which is why it is called the "deceiver". Though technically edible, it isn't considered a good choice to eat especially because pollutants in the soil, such as arsenic, can bioaccumulate in the mushroom.



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Veiled Lady Mushroom (Phallus indusiatus)

This delicate and strange mushroom can be found in gardens and woodlands in southern Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Australia. This edible and rather healthful mushroom is used in Chinese cuisine. While the lacy skirt is what draws our eyes, the mushroom actually uses the cap to draw attention too. It is coated in a greenish-brown slime that contains spores — the slime attracts flies and insects that help disperse the spores.

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Mycena chlorophos

This glow-in-the-dark mushroom is found in subtropical Asia, including Japan, Polynesia, Java, and Sri Lanka, in Australia, and Brazil. They are bioluminescent, emitting a glowing green light when in the dark. It is brightest when surrounding temperatures are about 81 °F, and for about a day after the cap forms and opens. After that, the glow dulls until it is undetectable by the naked eye.

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Dog Stinkhorn (Mutinus caninus)

This phallus-shaped fungus is found in Europe, Asia, and eastern North America. First described in the 1700s, it's Latin name as well as its common names in English and French hint at its shape, which resembles a dog's penis. It starts as an egg-like fruiting body hidden in leaf litter in soils, and when the egg splits, the mushroom expands to its full height within a few hours. The tip is covered in a smelly spore-bearing slime that attracts insects, which help to disperse the spores.

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Entoloma hochstetteri

This lovely blue mushroom is found in New Zealand and India. Though possibly poisonous, its beauty has been recognized by it being part of a set of fungal stamps issued in New Zealand in 2002 as well as put on the back of a $50 bank note in New Zealand in 1990.


Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)

This common mushroom is found all over the world — though however common it might be, it is always beautiful. It's fanning shape and layers of coloring resemble a tom turkey's tail. Colors can range depending on location and age, and the cap can be shades of rust-brown, dark brown, grey, and even black. Some older caps can appear green when they have a greenish algae growing on them. The turkey tail is considered a medicinal mushroom, and may possibly have positive benefits in protecting against cancer, though this is debated.


Devil's Cigar (Chorioactis geaster)

This is an extremely rare mushroom, and is found only in very select locations in Texas and Japan. In Texas, the fruiting body grows on the roots of dead cedar elms, while in Japan it grows on dead oak trees. "Scientists do not know why the fungus mysteriously lives only in Texas and Japan, locations of approximately the same latitude,[20] but separated by 11,000 km (6,800 mi)," writes Wikipedia. "Fred Jay Seaver commented 'this is only another illustration of the unusual and unpredictable distribution of many species of the fungi. It would be difficult indeed to account for it, and we merely accept the facts as they are.'"

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False Morel, or Brain Mushroom (Gyromitra esculenta)

This odd mushroom grows a cap that quite resembles the shape of a brain. And indeed it does take brains to eat it. This mushroom is potentially fatal if eaten raw, but if prepared correctly it is considered a delicacy in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and here in the US in the Great Lakes region. Though it can be found being sold fresh in some markets, it is required to come with warning labels. A Polish study from 1971 showed that this species accounted for up to 23% of mushroom fatalities each year. So if in doubt, just stick with real morels and leave this false morel alone.

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Thoughts about Consciousness

Re-posted from WakingTimes

Linear and Lateral Consciousness

August 8, 2013 | By | Reply

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Waking Times

Throughout our world and, indeed, the entire universe all is governed by two polar opposite forces. These forces are namely Linear and Lateral Consciousness. The previous sentence can also be reduced to the following statement….. Time and Timelessness.

When all the layers of the onion are peeled away, this is what we will find. Linear and Lateral Consciousness are expressions of opposing forces of time. In fact we could actually say that humans are mere expressions of time.

Linear Consciousness is the time that most people recognise; it is the sequential; it is a period of time that is added to the previous period of time in a linear precise order that dictates our "future" organisation. It is Newtonian in outlook, total causality and effect.

Lateral is non- linear; it is the opposite. It does not "add on" to the last period of time simply because it is timeless. It is and always was, and always will be. It has pushed into the three dimensions of space simultaneously, no time sequence lapsed in doing so. It is pure timelessness. We have all experienced timelessness; it is called intuition. Intuition is the gut response to any given situation. It is the asking of a question and the receiving of an answer simultaneously, pure timeless and beyond explanation. This is actually universal default lateral consciousness. It can be tapped into at any time if need be, just by trusting gut instinct.

These two forces of time battle within each and every person. Everybody has both forces within them and every person has these two forces to appease which they do through fulfilling the need for significance and love.

Significance fulfills the demand from Linear Consciousness; Love fulfills the demand from Lateral Consciousness. Each comes with its own motive: the motive of fear being Linear Consciousness and the motive of love being Lateral Consciousness.

The two forces of time actually shape our minds and also our bodies. Again, it is the balancing of the two opposing forces that bring physical and mental well-being in life.

Lateral Consciousness                                Linear Consciousness

Motive of Love                                                  Motive of Fear

The need for Love/Contribution                   The need for Significance/Growth

Linear Consciousness is essentially conscious ego mind that lives in fear of ego death. A person expressing Linear Consciousness is more associated to themselves and their ego; unbeknownst to themselves, they have a higher level of tension deep at the core that may not be readily visible on the surface. This "tension" is a kin to a piece of string being pulled tightly, as the string becomes straighter it becomes tenser. Hold the thought of that string in your mind, for that is what happens to the person who is motivated by fear. They can become tense, rigid, inflexible and controlling.

This is the expression of fear based thinking that has been induced by the dominance of future uncertainty. This tension causes anxiety, which sets the internal clock speed of the individual to a faster pace. This internal clock is actually the metabolic rate of the individual. The close association to future uncertainty sets the metabolic rate to a higher setting. Linear Consciousness expresses itself as "lean to slim" morphic profile, what we will describe as "straight" in profile. This is also reflected in thinking, which is also straight and direct, sometimes rigid and inflexible. Control is key to Linear Consciousness – control of movement (internal and external), control of emotion, control of resources and reserves. Power through knowledge, control through knowledge of all events occurring within the universe (science). Beyond what can be controlled is deemed chaos. Self- preservation physically, mentally and emotionally are first priority. For ego/self- identification, the first question asked in the mind is: How will I survive? For commercial purposes, the first question is: What's in it for me?

Linear Consciousness is defined by time and space and consumption of energy.

Linear Consciousness is distant (space) by nature and will always create time for itself.

It stands alone from the crowd in its own time and space.

It is identified as individual.

Lateral Consciousness is almost sub/super consciousness, deemed as default consciousness, far less individually identified, even to the point of non – identity. As such, it is more sacrificial by nature as the death of ego is less feared and held in less value, more willing to lose owing to a less association to self, and a greater association to universal default consciousness.

People who keep a closer association to Lateral Consciousness have a knowing about themselves and their relationships with Mother Earth, the Universe and all within it, that transcends science and description. Lateral Consciousness only avails itself to those who express the motive of love. For those whose motive is fear are on a frequency that simply struggles to respond to universal stimuli.

Lateral Consciousness is less concerned with control as aforementioned. There is a timeless invisible "knowing" of the innate relationship between the being and universal forces beyond their control, and trust and faith in the relationship is intrinsic. Because of this "non-linear" relationship that, with the best will in the world, is indescribable, the people who express Lateral Consciousness are far more relaxed by nature, so the expression in bodily form is also more relaxed. "Lateral" spread is created, which is in contrast to the "straight" tense Linear Consciousness.

Lateral Consciousness already knows that this sub/super conscious relationship to the universe is generous, and so the first primary question that goes through the mind of a lateral is: "How may I be of service?" Lateral consciousness is sacrificial by nature almost like an ambassador for the universe, if you will; it is flexible in approach and does not seek to control. Time and space warp around Lateral Consciousness much like Einstein's theory of past and future being simultaneous and beyond reason.

There is more certainty about people who express the motive of love. Don't ask me to explain why; it just is. Ask anybody who has fallen head over heels in love. Their fear is totally evaporated. The motive of love is the pure joy of being alive, being in love with life and all within it. However Lateral Consciousness is vulnerable to Linear fear-based predation because of the naturally open-hearted demeanour and less budgetary allowance for defence than in the Linear Conscious.

The natural inclination of the Lateral is to give their energy away to others all too readily, which means that if energy is given away then mass must be given in return, because the universe abhors a vacuum.

EINSTEIN STATED ENERGY HAS A MASS EQUIVALENCE,

SCIENCE STATES NATURE ABHORS A VACUUM,

THEREFORE IF ENERGY IS GIVEN AWAY, MASS MUST BE GIVEN IN RETURN.

THIS IS WHY PEOPLE WHO EXPRESS LATERAL CONSCIOUSNESS HAVE MORE MASS THAN  ONES EXPRESSING LINEAR CONSCIOUSNESS.

LINEAR CONSCIOUSNESS RETAINS MORE ENERGY RESERVES BECAUSE THESE TYPE OF PEOPLE CREATE MORE TIME AND SPACE AROUND THEMSELVES AND GIVE FAR LESS OF THEIR ENERGY AWAY TO OTHERS.

THEREFORE LINEAR CONSCIOUSNESS = ENERGY

LATERAL CONSCIOUSNESS = MASS.

About the Author

Rich Armstrong run the blog Rich-armstrong.com. His aim is to share observations that have been made through his life journey so that they might be of benefit to others. The ultimate goal of his writings is to help others create a greater understanding of themselves and the world around us by the awareness and integration of universal principles.


Falling in Love with Gaia

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The Romance of Gardening...falling for Gaia

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A love story in pictures...

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laurabruno | August 8, 2013 at 1:13 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pjNJT-1AB

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