The rare hissing mushroom known as the "Devil's Cigar" was captured on a trail in Inks Lake State Park on Sunday, Texas Parks and Wildlife said in a Facebook post. The unique, star-shaped fungus ...

The Devil's Cigar was first discovered in Austin in 1893, according to River Legacy Park officials. In February, Inks Lake State Park officials spotted the unusual mushroom growing along a trail ...

Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of certain ... but specific locales have in common to host this fungus. Devil’s cigars in Texas grow on dead cedar elms, while the Japanese variety prefers ...

The mushroom typically emerges in late fall as a dark brown, fuzzy capsule that is 3 to 4 inches in length, resembling a cigar – which is how it got the "Devil's Cigar" nickname, according to ...

This mushroom, aptly nicknamed the “Devil’s Cigar,” is believed to have been seen by only a few hundred people, according to research scientist Bob O’Kennon with the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.

The latter mushroom – scientific name Chorioactis Geaster and commonly known as both the Devil’s Cigar and Texas star – is the official State Mushroom of Texas. Legislation designating it as ...

A rare star-shaped mushroom has been spotted at a Texas ... inspiring its nickname “Devil’s Cigar.” “It is said that when the devil’s cigar unfurls, it releases a strange hissing noise ...

According to the post, the mushroom typically emerges in late fall as a dark brown, fuzzy capsule that is 3 to 4 inches in length, resembling a cigar – which is how it got the "Devil's Cigar ...