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Macro photos of tiny mushrooms make them look like alien architecture

Photographers @cho_fungi and @cyanesense shoot miniature mushrooms with macro lenses, and the results look like renderings from another planet. Translucent caps glow amber and violet. Gills fan out in ...
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Hiker finds alien-looking fungus on Dartmoor - and soon learns why it is called 'the stinkhorn'

A rare alien-looking fungus that smells of rotting flesh has been discovered by a woman out hiking on Dartmoor. Known as Octopus Stinkhorn and the Devil's fingers fungus, it is native to New Zealand ...