Minnesota
Creepy Dead Man's Fingers Found Lurking in Minnesota Backyard
This bizarre mushroom-like fungus, scientifically known as Xylaria polymorpha, looks exactly like its name suggests: rotting, blackened, shriveled fingers poking up from the ground.
I was mowing the lawn in my backyard the other day and out of the corner of my eye I spotted something I've never seen before at the base of our ornamental crabapple tree. Moving in closer it looked like something straight out of a horror movie.
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