Via 13 Most bizarre mushrooms Found in gardens and woodlands in southern Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Australia.

Via amethyst deceiver A a small brightly colored, edible mushroom.

Via Photo of Scotney Castle, near ... Mushrooms are weird. Especially when they're this big and look like they're wading in a swamp.

Via ZBOORA1_00182.psd | Art Wolfe Stock ... An elegant wood-rotting fungus on a twig in the rainforest of the Napo River region of Peru.

Via fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net Stropharia aeruginosa, commonly known as the verdigris agaric, is a medium-sized woodland mushroom

Via Hygrocybe psittacina I don't think i've ever seen a better example of the word "tumescent"

Via 32 Intriguing Examples of Fungi ... A light emitting mushroom

Via Shaggy Ink-Cap (Coprinus Comatus) Fungi ... Stunning. Also known as the lawyer's wig.

Via Nahuby.sk - Fotografia - golierovka ... Known as the Verdigris Agaric

Via commons.wikimedia.org Commonly known as Frost's bolete or the apple bolete.

Via 10 Most Amazing Mushrooms (cool ... Known as the Devil's Cigar,or Texas Star (Chorioactis geaster). One of the world's rarest fungi. Found in central Texas.

Via Coprinopsis picacea.2 Some of the names are so brilliantly descriptive of a mushroom's appearance.

Via Deadly Beauty – Poisonous Mushroom ... As deadly as it is beautiful.

Via Grandmas Dreams Such beauty in a simple mushroom.

Via Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia) Another completely descriptive name - Orange Peel Fungus

Via Tasty Early Morel Mushrooms by ... These are called ... wait for it ... Pecker Heads

Via Mycena Haematopus Such a pretty name, in a strange kinda way. It's known as the Bleeding Fairy Helmet

Via Δ S > 0 • ... Found in the extremes of South America in Tierra del Fuego.

Via Red Cage Fungus - Clathrus ... The Red Cage Fungus - incredible.

Via Phellodon sinclairii Found in beech forests of New Zealand.

Via commons.wikimedia.org Almost as beautiful as flowers.

Via Fly Agaric Family, by Dr. ... Where are the fairies and pixies? Oh they're hiding under the next ones.

Via 20100606-22-Mycena interrupta mushrooms Poetically known as the Blue Pixie's Parasol.

Via Faith & Trust & Pixie ... Sometimes they just don't look real.

Via Mycology Some of them look really scary.

Via Pholiota flammans Flaming Scalecap.

Via Leucocoprinus cretaceus Such intricate details in a simple mushroom.

Via agorastosphotography.com That color is so wonderful.

Via Bird's nest fungus (Cyathus striatus) Simply amazing - this is the Bird's Nest Fungus

Via "Campanella caesia" A very rare type of mushroom.

Via Austroboletus betula OMG. They remind me of the aliens in War of the Worlds (the Tom Cruise version). Or jellyfish maybe?

Via Fungi, Lichens & Slime mold This is the world's largest living organism, except it's mostly underground. Its roots cover 800 hectares.

Via Flower Garden News | Daily ... Known as the common puffball, warted puffball, gem-studded puffball, or the devil's snuff-box. Take your pick.

Via Clustered Bonnet Mushroom The name makes me think of a gathering of Jane Austen characters.

Via Nahuby.sk - Fotografia - kališník ... Jack-O-Lantern Mushrooms

Via ECigarettes & ELiquid by 7's ... Orange Pore Fungi. It was sad to trim down the list to so few because this really is the tip of the iceberg. Did you know mushrooms were so captivating?