Saturday, September 15, 2012

You think its a flower? No, this is the devil's cigar, a rare mushroom.

You think its a flower? No, this is the devil's cigar, a rare mushroom.

It is called devil's cigar because it rises from the ground like a dark cigar before splitting radially into four to seven leathery rays. This split is often accompanied by a malevolent hiss as this rarest of mushrooms spits out a smoky cloud of hungry spores.

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