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Real Mario Mushroom, Growing Before Our Eyes

Laser_iCE — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:51:23 MDT

Haha.

Yeah, that's huge. I want to use that as a table.

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xtimrs — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:47:39 MDT

@ Mr Bin

Not true at all. They don't have psilocybin. They have other chemicals in them which act primarily as deleriants. This differs from a true hallucinogen in that it makes for a much less enjoyable trip. Cholinergic effects can be obtained from eating a whole lot of Dramamine or Benadryl tablets, but I wouldn't recommend it. There's a difference between being shown insight into the universe's inner workings and hearing random words and sounds and feeling extremely strange for hours. Don't misinform people. If you want to trip, stick to the good stuff. There are amanita's that are deadly, and people going on your information could mix them up. Stick with the true psilocybes if you must trip, or LSD or ayahuasca (look it up if interested). Hell morning glory seeds, like 7 packets will get you a much more rewarding 'trip' of sorts and it's not dangerous. Has LSA in them, relative of LSD, and much less intense.

The mind is a wonderful thing, truly the final frontier.

xtimrs

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AndroidKing — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:23:14 MDT

Why was that so creepy?

AndroidKing

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Danj3ris — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:38:39 MDT

@Ghede: I think perhaps my early years as a young child playing "Super Mario" on the NES, have somehow contributed to my present-day fear and repulsion towards all Fungi. Seriously. I see a mushroom out on my lawn and I get a cold sweat.

Danj3ris

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MissingNo — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:04:01 MDT

i'll just stick to***
damn I must be on them right now

MissingNo

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MissingNo — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:03:21 MDT

I'll just still to regular psilocybin shrooms :c)

MissingNo

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khdownes — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:37:41 MDT

wow mushrooms grow fast. 3 Days to open up completely. I'd like to see a time lapse from when its first breaks through the ground.

khdownes

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MedelliaObscured — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:40:28 MDT

@ BUTTAH
LMFAO nice i was about to say just imagine though....wow you would be mario no?

MedelliaObscured

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lestat730 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:58:38 MDT

These mushrooms can be found in the woods in large quantities where I live. I don't recommend them.

lestat730

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KeyonSumner — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:56:47 MDT

@MrBin: Eat some datura flowers...

KeyonSumner

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ceilingFANBOY — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:55:58 MDT

Are you a fungus farmer? ...cuz you are making my mushroom grow.

Well, I guess we know which people on Kotaku do drugs now.

Now where is our time lapse video of a leaf being punched in the air and then falling to the ground?

ceilingFANBOY

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ShirtNinja — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:49:06 MDT

Am I the only person who heard the sound effect when Mario actually picks one of these up the whole time it was growing?

Just asking . . .

ShirtNinja

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vongarr — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:45:06 MDT

Mushrooms and butterflies terrify me.

vongarr

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VakeroRokero — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:37:26 MDT

@Ghede:

Sex also tends to be pretty disgusting, yet everyone loves to do it.

VakeroRokero

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Collins1 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:52:46 MDT

HOLY SHIT IT IS A MUSHROOM AND IT IS GROWING WTF?!?!?!

Collins1

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icarusprime — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:16:45 MDT

@brent_w:

My thoughts exactly! But I still have to say, "Good lord that thing is big!!!"

icarusprime

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outforprophets — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:35:15 MDT

fucking gross

outforprophets

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Jilkon — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:24:09 MDT

I had no idea you guys outside of Northern Europe didn't have those. We call them flugsvamp (fly mushroom) here in Sweden :p. Fairly common too.

Jilkon

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brent_w — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:21:41 MDT

What disturbs me about the video is just how fast it grows.

Only a few days to get that huge, meanwhile, I didn't even notice the grass getting even the slightest bit longer.

brent_w

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Ghede — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:21:32 MDT

Bleck... Fungi are one of the most disgusting things occurring in nature. Time lapse photography does not improve my opinion.

Ghede

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jive238 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:15:19 MDT

Shouldn't the question be "Why is it growing in this guy's backyard?" What if the dog at it? He might just get larger.

jive238

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VakeroRokero — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:54:04 MDT

everyone knows it makes you big or "super". and green ones give you another life, so you live another 90 years or something, unless you fall in a hole.

VakeroRokero

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MrBin — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:50:46 MDT

the Amanita's are only halucinagenic because they have Psilocybin in them, I wouldn't actualy encourage people to eat these... these on the other hand... if you happen to be in one of the few countries they're not illegal in *wink wink* WWWWWWW.

MrBin

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daschupa — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:50:31 MDT

The video's missing the sound.
[nds2.content.mosh.nokia.com]

daschupa

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epionx111 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:44:00 MDT

what no happy face?

epionx111

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jisf0rjosh — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:40:34 MDT

@MrBin:

Psilocybin over Amantia any day of the week, less danger as its not a toxin

jisf0rjosh

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danecy — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:39:50 MDT

Let's see what ole Erowid says about this....
[www.erowid.org]

danecy

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valhum — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:37:39 MDT

wow, that thing is huge, so gross haha

valhum

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Herby — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:29:49 MDT

@Herby:
Google do not Spider Herby,
Thank You

Herby

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Herby — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:25:23 MDT

I am so fucking HIGH right now it is not even funny !!!
LOL Hahaha. WwWwWwWwWwwwwwww !!!!

Herby

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Himiko — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:21:45 MDT

I was wondering why that pic yesterday looked so bulky, the flat one is the one I know. Interesting to know how that thing grows.

Himiko

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TheWP — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:18:31 MDT

@TheWP: I take back the eating comment. Apparently, they are eaten in Japan. Where they are pickled to detoxify them. And you can also boil them according to Wikipedia.

Also, I find the relationship between this mushroom and Santa to be hilarious.

TheWP

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hueg_boss — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:17:56 MDT

... Erotic.

hueg_boss

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joelface — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:15:08 MDT

i love time lapse stuff.

joelface

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Batmundo — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:14:46 MDT

@serotoninzero: *AHEM* that's what she said.

Batmundo

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MrBin — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:11:12 MDT

Wikipedia is just THE MANS propaganda machine.

"...effects can range from nausea and twitching to drowsiness, cholinergic effects (low blood pressure, sweating and salivation), auditory and visual distortions, mood changes, euphoria, relaxation, and loss of equilibrium, retrograde amnesia...delirium, characterized by bouts of marked agitation with confusion, hallucinations, and irritability followed by periods of central nervous system depression. Seizures and coma may also occur in severe poisonings."

Those're the important elements in tripping balls... also note how I said "Taken in the propper doses..."

MrBin

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TheTheTheTheWhat — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:08:28 MDT

Ohhh... toadstool. Now I get it. It's like a stool, but a mushroom.

TheTheTheTheWhat

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StrikerGold — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:08:20 MDT

At least it didn't spontaneously decide to start moving back and forth along the ground... is there a "?" block under there?

StrikerGold

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TheWP — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:08:14 MDT

@legacyed: Yeah, according to the previous post, it gives you 100% of your lifetime amount of death. Or makes you hallucinate in smaller serving.

It kinda stopped looking like a Super Mushroom after it grew that first bump...

TheWP

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jisf0rjosh — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:04:52 MDT

@MrBin:

"...effects can range from nausea and twitching to drowsiness, cholinergic effects (low blood pressure, sweating and salivation), auditory and visual distortions, mood changes, euphoria, relaxation, and loss of equilibrium, retrograde amnesia...delirium, characterized by bouts of marked agitation with confusion, hallucinations, and irritability followed by periods of central nervous system depression. Seizures and coma may also occur in severe poisonings."
From [en.wikipedia.org]

Not my kind of trip lol

jisf0rjosh

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kmattson — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:03:29 MDT

Who doesn't love fungi?

kmattson

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fdisk — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:00:10 MDT

Now find me a time lapse video of the fire flower :D

fdisk

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Kaji — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:57:50 MDT

Frightening. I wish I could unwatch that.

Kaji

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MrBin — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:53:38 MDT

Taken in the propper doses those things will make you trip balls.

MrBin

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Tenth — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:50:28 MDT

@Archaotic: gotta agree... it was a very creepy watch. That thing was just a giant fungus. I half expected arms, and legs to sprout.

Tenth

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legacyed — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:46:33 MDT

So do we know anything about the... umm... "nutritional properties" of said mushroom?

legacyed

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Archaotic — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:46:11 MDT

That's mildly horrifying...especially the size of that thing. Crazy stuff.

Archaotic

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KEELr — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:42:14 MDT

Meh, wake me up when you find a green one!
Everybody knows those are the ones worth eating.

KEELr

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Anemone — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:41:34 MDT

Stop motion of things growing is always fun! Any bets on how long it takes someone to get banned for dropping a "not news"?

Anemone

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manabu — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:40:20 MDT

Hmm, I wonder if those belong to the smurfs.... and when Mario eats one of those.. is he eating any of the smurfs too? o.O

manabu

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SolFalling — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:38:38 MDT

They should make one of a tree growing. For 20 YEARS!

I know this is perverted but that thing going up and up reminded me of an erection.

SolFalling

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serotoninzero — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:37:47 MDT

Oh my god that thing is huge.

serotoninzero

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Buttah — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:35:23 MDT

Somebody should eat that thing and then do a time-laspe video on the guy who does.

Buttah