MONSTER MUSHROOM
A monster white mushroom standing 27 in (70 cm) tall and weighing 41 lb (20 kg) was discovered growing near a coffee farm in Chiapas, southern Mexico. The prize specimen of Macrocybe titans had grown to twice its normal size.
LOTTERY TREE
People in Thailand flocked to visit a banana tree in Koh Sireh in the belief that it could predict winning lottery numbers. Many claimed to have won prizes after rubbing a mixture of powder and water on the tree's trunk, then waiting to see what number the dried solution resembled.
IRON EATING TREE
A sycamore tree in Scotland has literally "swallowed up" pieces of metal over the past 200 years. The Brig o 'Turk iron eating tree has engulfed all kinds of scrap left by the local blacksmith and has even enveloped a bicycle that a boy left against the tree when he failed to return from World War I.
SUDDEN DEATH
The rare Puya raimondii plant of Bolivia can take up to 150 years to bloom and as soon as it does, it dies.
SPORE RELEASE
If a raindrop or a passing animal hits the giant puffball fungus, thousands of spores are puffed out of a hole in the top. In a single day, a giant puffball can release as many as seven billion spores.
CORK SOURCE
Every nine years since 1820, the Whistler tree of Portugal has had its bark harvested for making corks yielding enough to cork up to 1000000 wine bottles in a single harvest.
FIRST RAIN
After two years of abundant rain, grass began to grow for the first time ever on the desert themed golf course at Cameron's Corner, Australia. The unique course straddles three states South Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales.
HAIRY STONE
The "hair" on the stone is thought to be the remains of a type of fungus that has been attached to its surface for hundreds of millions of years. Over that period, it has gradually extended upright and evolved into a hollow, pipe shaped invertebrate fossil that resembles strands of white hair.
A stone with thousands of 6 in long (15 cm) strands went on display in Dalian, China . The stone which measured 8 in (20 cm) long and 6 in (15 cm) in diameter, was considered to be so rare that it was valued at $ 1,300,000.
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