India, March 10 -- A woman took to Reddit to share a strange discovery in her bathroom, drawing widespread attention. Posting under the username This-Scratch8016, she initially noticed a sponge-like substance but was shocked when it later grew into a full-sized mushroom. Her post quickly gained traction, with users reacting to the unexpected fungal growth.

"I left it for a while because I was interested & wanted to see what it would look like or end up doing," she wrote in her post on the r/MoldlyInteresting subreddit, where it quickly gained traction with over 18,000 upvotes.

What started as a curiosity soon took a wild turn. Speaking to Newsweek, she explained, "At first, it started out looking like a loofah and then would eventually ...