{"id":16742,"date":"2025-10-24T12:42:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/?p=16742"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:42:05","slug":"this-morning-i-went-out-into-the-garden-just-to-water-the-flowers-and-check-to-see-if-the-cats-had-done-their-business-yet-as-often-happens-but-as-soon-as-i-opened-the-gate-i-was-hit-by-a-horrible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/?p=16742","title":{"rendered":"This morning I went out into the garden, just to water the flowers and check to see if the cats had done their business yet, as often happens. But as soon as I opened the gate, I was hit by a horrible smell. So strong that my chest tightened and I felt a metallic taste in my mouth."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I took a few steps and froze. On the ground near the flowerbed, something was moving. \ud83e\udee3 In front of me was a strange, reddish, slimy, upside-down formation. It smelled of rotting flesh, as if someone had hidden a dead animal nearby. I took a step back, my heart pounding and terrible thoughts flooding my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What is this? A larva? A strange creature? Or\u2026 the remains of an alien?” I didn’t understand. \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I grabbed my phone, snapped a picture, and, holding my breath at the stench, searched the internet for answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I typed “red, slimy, rotten-smelling” into the search engine and the first result made me shudder. It read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Anthur Archera \u2013 an alien mushroom, also known as Devil\u2019s Fingers \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turned out to be a real mushroom, native to Australia and Tasmania, but which eventually spread throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first glance it looks like a white egg, but then red tentacles emerge from it, similar to devil’s claws or fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This morning I went out into the garden just to water the flowers and check if the cats had pooped yet, as often happens. But as soon as I opened the gate, a horrible smell hit me. So strong that my chest tightened and I had a metallic taste in my mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I took a few steps and froze. On the ground near the flowerbed, something was moving. \ud83e\udee3 In front of me was a strange reddish, slimy formation, as if it had been turned inside out. It smelled of rotting flesh, as if someone had hidden a dead animal nearby. I took a step back, my heart pounding, and terrible thoughts flooded my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“What is this? A larva? A strange creature? Or\u2026 the remains of an alien?” I didn’t understand. \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I grabbed my phone, snapped a picture, and, holding my breath at the stench, went online to search for answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I typed “red, slimy, rotten-smelling” into the search engine and the first result made me shudder. It said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Anthur Archera \u2013 an alien mushroom, also known as Devil\u2019s Fingers \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It turned out to be a real mushroom, native to Australia and Tasmania, but over time it spread throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first glance it looks like a white egg, but then red tentacles emerge, resembling claws or Devil’s Fingers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I took a few steps and froze. On the ground near the flowerbed, something was moving. \ud83e\udee3 In front of me was a strange, reddish, slimy, upside-down formation. It smelled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-and-tricks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16744,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16742\/revisions\/16744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}