January 2011
Tibet’s 'herbal viagra', worth its weight in gold. →
sadomars:
Some people will do anything to improve their sex lives. That includes, apparently, paying hundreds of euros for a handful of fungus-encrusted Tibetan worms.
Tibet’s “herbal Viagra” is formed when a beige fungus, cordyceps sinensis, attacks the body of a moth larva that lives in the soil of Tibetan highlands, eventually killing and mummifying it. The sprouts that grow from it are...
Moonstruck Madness: 10 Strangely Beautiful... →
nevemoon:
The Brain mushroom (Gyromitra esculenta) Gyromitra esculenta, one of several species of fungi known as false morels, is an ascomycete fungus from the genus Gyromitra, widely distributed across Europe and North America. It normally sprouts in sandy soils under…
