Green Options » expeditions http://greenoptions.com/tag/expeditions Posts tagged 'expeditions' Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:28:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en New Species of Phallus-Shaped Mushroom Is 2 Inches Long, Named After Scientist http://ecoworldly.com/2009/06/30/new-species-of-phallus-shaped-mushroom-is-2-inches-long-named-after-scientist/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/06/30/new-species-of-phallus-shaped-mushroom-is-2-inches-long-named-after-scientist/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:28:42 +0000 Bryan Nelson http://ecoworldly.com/2009/06/30/new-species-of-phallus-shaped-mushroom-is-2-inches-long-named-after-scientist/ Phallus drewesii

Phallus drewesii, named after Dr. Robert Drewes of the California Academy of Sciences, is a 2 inch long phallus-shaped mushroom that grows on wood, smells like rotting meat and curves awkwardly downward.

Upon discovering that the new species would be named after him, Drewes remarked: “It is a wonderful honour and great fun to have this phallus-shaped fungus named after me. I have been immortalized in the scientific record.”

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