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There are some stone formations appearing as mushrooms, about three meters in height, near the Bulgarian village of Beli Plast. The local people call them ìmantarnayaî (stone mushrooms). They formed thousands of years ago. An old legend about this wonderful place is told. It was a cool autumn morning. The sun had just risen. Laughter was heard from the stone towers of the fortress of Perpericon. The four daughters of the charcoal-burner Radoun started for the well beyond the walls of the fortress with buckets. On the way, one of them named Gyusha shouted: "Oh, my God!"

She had seen a large army coming from the forest. Panic overtook the fortress. The fight began. The siege lasted a whole week. But the few brave people in the fortress were defeated by slyness. Traitors opened the gates of the stronghold and the invaders went in. They started killing everybody and burning everything. People tried to escape to save their lives.
The most beautiful women were captured including the four lasses. The leader of the army sat on a white Arabian horse and watched the women. He thought how many to keep for himself and how many to sell in Odrin. They watched him with hatred although they were hungry and powerless. Gyusha told the others to throw stones at the leader And soon he was killed. The women rushed towards a monastery. One of the invading army, named Omur followed them on his horse. In the evening he found them. He cut down Gyushaís head with his sword. And the miracle happened ... she was turned into a beautiful stone mushroom. The same thing happened with the other three girls. Omur was frightened. He tried to escape but at the same moment he turned into a big black rock.

The old people say early in the morning one can see tears dripping from the mushrooms ... the tears of the pertified lasses.