this post was submitted on 17 May 2026
542 points (98.9% liked)

Mildly Interesting

26559 readers
178 users here now

This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?

Just post some stuff and don't spam.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 30 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old

marge simpson mushroom

[–] punkfungus@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 14 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Idk man, based on the Wikipedia picture I can see how this could be an immature pin. Look at the center of the cap. You can see the mycelial mass beginning to accumulate. Then I saw their insta picture of it, and she showed her finger tip for scale. (link to post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYU_PAdk7b5/?img_index=2) , and it doesn't look edited.

Edit to add some positivity: sometimes the world can be a magical place.

[–] noname_yet2077@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Yeah it looks like a rendered image, very bizarre

[–] Mercer@nord.pub 7 points 1 day ago

This also immediately occurred to me, they are made straight from glass, and they are very rare in nature?😄

[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I can't belive this is a real unedited picture

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

So is cyanesense the photograph or a parasite fungus?

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I want it to be the most potent psychedelic species!

[–] edwardbear@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Came to the comments to see if I can eat that, and how messy would it get

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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...

chatgpt can i eat this mushroom

Yes of course! Here's why:

  • it is not poisonous.
  • it looks tasty.

In conclusion, you can eat that mushroom.

dies of inedible mushroom

[–] OozingPositron@feddit.cl 2 points 1 hour ago

We have the opportunity to do science.

[–] edwardbear@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

what can go wrong, amirite

[–] Zoldyck@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Forbidden candy

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 13 points 1 day ago
[–] beegnyoshi@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

Hentai mushroom

[–] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Frutiger Aero mushroom

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] kablez@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's the Blue Angel!

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

That is neat to look at.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Pretty 🥹

[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mumbo, is the moon big?