Neatorama » mushroom http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:58:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Mushroom Madness http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/21/mushroom-madness/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/21/mushroom-madness/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:44:28 +0000 Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26994 Watch slime molds and mushrooms grow in this time-lapse video. I was particularly taken with the Stinkhorn Mushroom, which casts a net! Link

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This infographic, titled Species-scape, purports to show various species at sizes relative to the number of known species in that group. Insects, represented by the fly, is the largest (at about 900,000 known species). If you’re wondering where we are, humans (and other mammals) are represented by the reindeer underneath the mushroom.

Link via Cool Infographics

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One day, Fendy Sutandio of Orimath blog looked at his garden and found this strange "Zombie Hand" fungus. It does look like a zombie’s hand digging itself out of its grave!

Link – via Cliff Pickover’s Reality Carnival

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