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A Curious Discovery
The object was about the size of my hand, resting quietly among fallen leaves. Its texture was unlike anything I’d seen before—almost velvety or fibrous. And those red “berries”? They weren’t loose or scattered. They seemed to grow directly out of the cone itself.
Dyes& Pigments
Trees
At that point, curiosity kicked in. Was it some kind of rare plant? A fungus? Or something I definitely shouldn’t be touching?
I snapped a few pictures and did what most people would do—I
