In Britain, a woman found a mushroom with the smell of rotting flesh.

Retired teacher Julia Rosser found the rare devil's fingers mushroom in the New Forest in Great Britain. It got its name due to its eerie appearance, reminiscent of a hand reaching out from the grave, and a disgusting smell similar to rotten meat. This was reported by Mail Online.

According to Rosser, the found mushroom was very similar to a hand.

"This one looked more like a hand than any other I have ever seen. It seemed to be reaching out from the grave. It was very creepy," she said.

The mushroom, also known as the octopus stinkhorn or octopus mushroom, appeared earlier due to the wet weather this year. Rosser noted that last year she found such mushrooms in the same area and specifically sought them out.

The devil's fingers mushroom is native to New Zealand and Australia, and it arrived in Europe during World War I with military supplies. It was first discovered in Great Britain in 1914.

This rare mushroom grows from a gelatinous egg, from which red tentacles begin to protrude, attracting insects with their smell of rotting flesh. Insects landing on the mushroom help spread its spores.

Although the mushroom is easily recognizable by its bright red color, it is rarely found in Great Britain. The mushroom's tentacles can reach up to 7 cm in length and usually grow in forests, parks, or gardens under leaf cover.