It seems that this Christmas ornament recently sold on eBay for $76.00. Auctioned as a "realistic" mushroom ornament, it appears to be a carved bolete with large oatmeal-like mounds pasted to it. Oh, with eyes. There aren't any boletes that I know of with red caps with white spots. Or eyes. But really, this is meant to be an Amanita muscaria (Fly Amanita). You know, the mushrooms commonly featured in children books and fantasy landscapes. You know, the ones with thinner stems. And a fleshy ring. And a multitude of small, white spots. You know, the ones without eyes.
But really really, the full description on eBay states this is a "realistic Mario mushroom" ornament... from the line of Mario video game and cartoon characters. And though I'm often familiar with video games featuring fungi, Mario is a little after my time.
But you can see a nice collection of Mario Mushroom pictures here on Google images. So if that's the criteria, then yes, this is a very realistic mushroom tree ornament.
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