There's a fungus known as dead man's fingers... because it can literally look like the fingers of a corpse bursting out of the ground.

It just wants to touch your rusty spoons.

Reminds me of the hand monsters in elden ring

"Be wary of down, by the way try fire"

I had learned about these in the days of yore. Was doing gardening and found a small specimen growing at the base of my tree. Apparently they LOVE rotting wood...whelp

There is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream. There with fantastic garlands did she come Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, But our cold maids do dead men's fingers call them

Disappointed to find out they're toxic.

Thanks, I hate it.

Look more like dead lady fingers to me.