Festering Fungi! Mushroom Goodies For Fungal Horror Fans

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Festering fungi. Sporror. Frightening fungi. Malevolent Mushrooms.

The amount of fun there is in creating a term for mushrooms existing in the horror genre, as the horror, may be my favorite thing about the genre. And I’m all ears if you know or can think of any more!

Related to fungal horror books, Leah Rachel von Essen explored the idea of why horror novels are so obsessed with mushrooms. And Slate asked why it felt like mushrooms were taking over horror lately in relation to a blockbuster HBO series. But whether you read or watch horror, you’ve certainly encountered mushrooms in literature. For example, even if as a child you didn’t watch or read Alice in Wonderland, the imagery is certainly embedded in pop culture and therefore your brain. Most people feel the book has characters and a story that they know, even if technically they don’t. It was all this thinking about our fungi friends that made me wonder what the fungal finds (sorry, I can’t stop) would be on Etsy.

Turns out there’s creepy, cool, and cute depending on how you like — or dislike — fungi. I personally love mushroom pizza, but that’s not on Etsy. What is are non-edible mushroom goodies for readers who enjoy some fungi in their books, including art, tarot cards, journals, and more.

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a t-shirt with a skull illustration and mushrooms and butterflies surrounding the skulla t-shirt with a skull illustration and mushrooms and butterflies surrounding the skull

Mushroom Skull Shirt ($11+): If you love the mushroom + skull theme but don’t have space on your walls (but do have space on your chest), here’s a T-shirt.

a desk mat with an illustration of a dark forest with all kinds of mushrooms by DeskNekoa desk mat with an illustration of a dark forest with all kinds of mushrooms by DeskNeko

Mushroom Desk Mat Cottagecore Mousepad ($22): If you spend the day at the computer, it’s always nice to have something pleasing to let your eyes stare at, so here’s a forest of mushrooms that may or may not be inviting.

an illustrated bookmark with a pretty mushroom design on one side that says an illustrated bookmark with a pretty mushroom design on one side that says

Mushroom Reading List Bookmark ($5): I love bookmarks that let you keep track of your reading on one side, and this has a really sweet mushroom illustration but what exactly is the mystery?…

Now if I left you craving a book on mushrooms be sure to checkout 10 Marvelous Mushroom Books.

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