Family discovers rare species thought to be extinct for over a century in home garden

Finding a species long thought to be extinct is a dream of many naturalists and ecologists.

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One family in Sri Lanka got to have this amazing experience. Journalist and naturalist Sajeewa Wijeweera was shocked to see a bizarre-looking red mushroom with a rounded base emerging from the soil near his home, according to Mongabay.

He hadn’t seen it before, so he snapped a photo and sent it to some botanists, a doctoral researcher from the University of Peradeniya, Bhathiya Gopallawa, responded quickly. “This looks like a mushroom not recorded from Sri Lanka before,” he said.