A selection of the most unusual mushrooms that can be confused with alien plants (15 photos)

Mushrooms are a unique hangout in the natural world. mushrooms have signs of both plants and animals, therefore they are distinguished in a separate kingdom. And just like a representative of fauna and flora, they are very diverse. A the appearance of some mushrooms does look like something alien. You can not see such mushrooms in every forest. What is impossible tell about our selection, which contains the most unusual representatives of the mushroom kingdom.

Clavaria Zollingera or Coral Mushroom





Stropharia - almost a crystal figurine



This amazing mushroom can be found throughout Eurasia and in North America. His hat doesn't always look so bright. With time it fades and fades completely.

The devil's cigar is one of the strangest mushrooms in the world.





At a certain point in its life, the fungus is able to make a sound, whistle-like. Absolutely anyone can hear it.

Mushroom bird's nest



Starfish fringed



Sarcoscif scarlet



Raincoat prickly



Despite its menacing appearance, prickly puffball is an absolutely edible mushroom.

Fairy rhodotus



purple sac fungus



mushroom pixie cup



Refined Pilobolus



Pilobulos is also called cannon mushroom. This is the nickname he got due to the ability to "shoot" spores at a distance of more than 2 meters. Costs separately note that the size of the fungus itself does not exceed a few millimeters.

Orange-pored mushroom - fear of trypophobia



Trypophobia is the fear that people experience when looking at a cluster of small round holes.

Mushroom Podoscypha petalodes looks like a colorful flower



Exsidia glandular - darkness from the world of mushrooms



The common slit leaf is beautiful in its patterns