I suspect this isn't real. For one thing it looks nothing like Gliophorus versicolor, and for another it looks far too perfect for any mushroom found in the wild.
this post was submitted on 17 May 2026
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Yeah it looks like a rendered image, very bizarre
This also immediately occurred to me, they are made straight from glass, and they are very rare in nature?😄
I can't belive this is a real unedited picture
So is cyanesense the photograph or a parasite fungus?
Captain, where are you? I need translation for every word except mushrooms, captured and by.
First two words are the genus species name of the mushroom, and I assume cyanasense is the name of the photographer, which is pretty cool because it's a play on the name of another cool looking fungus.
I want it to be the most potent psychedelic species!
Came to the comments to see if I can eat that, and how messy would it get
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliophorus_versicolor
The page doesn't say, and I don't know enough about mushrooms to judge.
I did however come across many vibe coded "can I eat this mushroom, upload an image" tools...
what can go wrong, amirite
Forbidden candy
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If you eat it you probably end up watching all new Simpsons all the time. Not just episodes. All new...everything and everyone...Simpsons. Or evil death pigeons.
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It's the Blue Angel!
That is neat to look at.
Pretty 🥹
What is that reflection?!
That’s no moon