(KNUE-FM) It hisses. It smokes. It blooms. According to KXAN, based in Austin, Texas, a rare mushroom that 'hisses' when it blooms and releases a smoke-like cloud of spores will be blooming again soon at a Texas State Park and other areas in central Texas, primarily.

Their bloom season typically starts in late fall and can continue through January, according to the Native Plant Society of Texas . A mushroom that hisses, huh? These days, that doesn't seem all that unusual.

Mushrooms: Stranger Than We Think

Mushrooms are strange lifeforms anyway, at least in my opinion. We'd assume they are some form of plant life upon gazing at one. But according to a story by USA Today , mushrooms are more biologically related to animals than plants. Their basic structure is certainly more plant-l

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