A Rare Find at Wesselman Woods: The Lion’s Mane Mushroom

If you have ever walked through the woods, you know the experience can be peaceful, beautiful, and sometimes a little haunting. This past week, Wesselman Wood s in Evansville shared one of nature’s strangest little surprises, and it definitely caught people’s attention.

I will give you a few hints:

It is not endangered in the United States, but spotting one this large is still unusual.

It is alive but not an animal or a plant.

It is edible and has well-known medicinal properties.

It grows both in the wild and through cultivation.

It feeds on dead vegetation.

It looks a bit like Cousin It taking a nap on a log.

If you guessed a Lion’s Mane mushroom, you nailed it.

What Wesselman Woods Found on the Trail

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