"Dead man's toe! Dead man's toe! Dead! Dead! Dead!" — Sarah Sanderson How about fingers? Fresh one! Xylaria polymorpha gets the common name dead man's fingers because of the stromata poking up through the ground can look like zombie fingers coming out of the dirt. Billy? Amok, Amok, Amok! Stop that! We need to concentrate! The fungus also grows from the bases of rotting or injured tree stumps and decaying wood. Fun. Image: The fungus known as dead man's fingers seen along the Vermillion River Bottoms at mississippinps #SpookyFungus #fungus #hocuspocus #weirdnature #FindYourFungus #minnesota