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The bell is a high leg fungus, its jellyfish body is like a transparent silk veil. Because the

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So botanists named it "the face covering woman". So far it is the only plant one can observe its growth with the naked eye.

"The masked woman" grows in the jungles of Brazil and South America. At first it was just like a bird's egg, surrounded by elastic skin. When growing, the body swells up, shortly after the "egg" appears a small crack. The fissured crack gradually caused the "egg" to split into two, in the middle of which came a golden umbrella with a white handle. Umbrella staff grows very fast, about 5mm high each minute. The mushroom cap was clearly visible at this time. In 2 hours, it can grow about 50cm high.

Then, from the mushroom cap slowly descended into a transparent white veil near the ground, like a bell-shaped dress, covering the legs. At the same time, it gave off a horrible stench, flies, and insects flying around to the surrounding area.

The bell has a short life, it breaks up quickly, in addition to a mucus dump, nothing more.

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