Deep Look
This Mushroom Tricks Flies By Faking Its Own Death
2022 • E3 Feb 22, 2022 5m
The cage fungus looks and smells like decaying meat — on purpose. Its goopy lattice gives off a rotten odor that attracts flies, which help spread its spores far and wide. It's like a bee to a flower, but way more macabre and putrid.