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Monster Mushrooms |
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Attack of the monster mushrooms along the Flag Run tributary! A recent occurrence of impressive Giant puffball Calvatia gigantea mushrooms along the Flag Run tributary of Accotink Creek. Calvatia is from Latin, meaning bald head or skull, thus the name aptly means "giant bald skull". These specimens are size of a human head, but others over a meter wide are reportedly not uncommon. - November 4, 2014 More about these incredible, edible puffballs
That's a big mushroom!
A dollar bill to show the scale
More giant puffballs
Say, doesn't the one on the right look familiar?
Familiar indeed - an instance of life imitating art?
And there is plenty to scream about on Flag Run - erosion, trash, and invasive species. 
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