Can mushrooms grow on human skin?

Actual mushrooms, no, but you can develop skin problems if you handle or eat raw shiitake mushrooms. read more

Actual mushrooms, no, but you can develop skin problems if you handle or eat raw shiitake mushrooms. I found this at American Academy of Dermatology — Flagellate mushroom dermatitis. Those who eat or cultivate raw shiitake mushrooms. Long, flagellate streaks with petechiae or papules that are often seen on the trunk and extremities. read more

When we think of things that could grow out of human skin, we rarely consider anything further than hair, fingernails, or toenails. Humans being mammals, we may go so far as to consider body hair as a type of fur, but certainly we would not even begin to think that humans would grow anything as foreign as plant material, feathers, or horns. read more

Body Mushroom (literally meaning "Mushrooms Growing from the Body Shroom") is a species of mushroom that grows on Amazon Lily. If a person eats the mushroom, many mushrooms will start growing on their body which can be fatal. read more