Watch: The Devil’s Fingers Fungus Will Haunt Your Dreams

National Geographic

by Erika Engelhaupt

July 31, 2017

When it comes to designing creepy creatures that lurk outdoors, horror writers could take a page from the plant world.

Imagine roaming a dimly lit forest and finding a stalk covered in eyeballs growing out of the ground, or a foul-smelling “octopus” that looks like it’s reaching for you with slime-covered tentacles.

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