Cock and Balls

[kiltypleasure]

For those of you who don't understand why I choose to study fungi, I'll give you a reason: mycologists tend to have a quirky sense of humor.

In support of this claim, I present to you the stinkhorn Phallus impudicus, first described by a pioneering French mycologist whose name escapes me at the moment.

Comments

[facerocker]

omfg thank you for that. and for satisfying my curiosity with the scientific explanation. where can you find this Phallus impudicus growing? you're awesome.

[kiltypleasure]

It's more common west of the Rockies, but it has a pretty wide distribution. Try looking in damp areas near rotting logs, or even in your home garden (they like woodchips and mulch).

If you're feeling really adventurous, they're edible. :)

No, lady, you're awesome. Will I be able to see you before I take off?

sometimes in life

[thatrichardkid]

happiness is found quite easily with little more than the insight given by the maturity of the average thirteen-year-old-boy.

god bless the prepositional phrase.

Re: sometimes in life

[kiltypleasure]

I agree. On both counts.

How are you these days?

[ybmik44]

okay seriously...who wouldnt find that completely hilarious?

This is intellectual humor at its finest.

[kiltypleasure]

I tend to agree with you, but sometimes people (usually molecular/cell grads) like to turn up their noses at such ostensibly "low-brow" humor. Fuckers, the lot of them.

[shit_lizard]

Hola. I too am a member of LJLibertarianism. I too am intrested in mycology. My daddy is from Cuba and my mother is cajun french. And I used to be pretty sure those two lines had never crossed before. Nice to meet you.

[kiltypleasure]

And here I thought I was special, a unique flower unlike any other on Earth. Shucks.

Kidding (a little). Nice to meet you, too.