A bizarre object discovered on the forest floor is going viral after someone sliced it open—revealing a disturbing red, flesh-like interior that looks almost alive. Social media users were quick to call it everything from an alien egg to something straight out of a horror movie.

Photos of the strange find spread quickly, with many people unsure what they were even looking at. Some claimed it had to be some kind of animal or unknown organism, while others said it looked too unnatural to be real.

But the truth is far less mysterious—this is actually a stinkhorn mushroom in its early “egg” stage, a type of fungus that later grows into a strange, foul-smelling mushroom. VIDEO BELOW 👇🏻👇🏻