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The symbol of an entire town is a mushroom-shaped outcropping.
Located off the coast of Lacco Ameno, the Italian island of Ischia, is a strangely formed rock that has eroded its way into the spirit of the town itself. The “Fungo” (or mushroom rock) is a tufo rock outcrop that gained its present shape through centuries of sea erosion as the waters lapped against the lower portion of the spire, but never reaching the top. At 10 meters tall, the stone monolith cuts a striking profile off the coast of Lacco Ameno, so it is no wonder that it has become the town’s unofficial emblem.
