Special Ep: Mycology (MUSHROOMS) Tom Volk Memorial Encore
Ologies with Alie Ward
Unusual Mushroom Names
Mycologists give mushrooms unique and intriguing names such as pear-shaped wolf fart puff ball, witch butter, butt-rot fungi, bearded hedgehog mushroom, octopus stinkhorn, devil cigar, bleeding tooth fungus, hair sedge smut, and destroying angel. Additionally, mushrooms are named powdery piggyback, barometer earth star, gassy web cap, do drop dapper-ling, humpback, pretender, drumstick truffle club, sputnik, cinnamon jelly baby, pink disco, lemon disco, and midnight disco, among others. These whimsical names make it seem like the mushrooms could be performers at Coachella, showcasing the creativity involved in naming them.
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