New Glowing Mushrooms Found in Brazil!


	New Glowing Mushrooms Found in Brazil!

usmc6531

10-28-2006 1:27 PM

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science, mushrooms, glowing mushroom, brazil

usmc6531 says:

these mushrooms look awesome

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10-28-2006 1:32 PM

haraya

Those are so cool!

10-28-2006 4:35 PM

Gate1

Wonder what happends if you eat them... LOL

10-28-2006 5:19 PM

usmc6531

I wonder if it'd be like the movie EuroTrip where they see the little green guy after drinking that green liquor

10-28-2006 5:20 PM

dopesick

aliens! glowing aliens!
they look like big glowing cucumbers o.o

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