30 Bizarre and Beautiful Mushrooms
Brain Mushroom (Gyromitra esculenta)
Raisinlike brain mushrooms growing on forest floor
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Also called a false morel, brain mushrooms grow caps that resemble the shape of a brain and its sulci. Though most concentrated in Britain and Ireland, the obscurely shaped toadstool can also be found throughout Europe and North America. It's especially partial to growing in the coniferous woodlands of mountainous regions.
Brain mushrooms can sometimes be mistaken for true morels (hence the nickname) because they share the trait of irregular lobes. However, the impersonator has more lobes and none of the true morel's signature craterlike pits.
Raisinlike brain mushrooms growing on forest floor
Staffan Widstrand / Getty Images
Also called a false morel, brain mushrooms grow caps that resemble the shape of a brain and its sulci. Though most concentrated in Britain and Ireland, the obscurely shaped toadstool can also be found throughout Europe and North America. It's especially partial to growing in the coniferous woodlands of mountainous regions.
Brain mushrooms can sometimes be mistaken for true morels (hence the nickname) because they share the trait of irregular lobes. However, the impersonator has more lobes and none of the true morel's signature craterlike pits.
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18 December 2022
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