My Favorite Mushroom Bombs September 2009, Beijing 33.5 x 30.5 cm Acrylic color, watercolor, pencil, color pencil and felt-tip pen on paper i The image is from Chinese processed food. A mushroom cloud is a distinctive pyrocumulus mushroom-shaped cloud of condensed water vapor or debris resulting from a very large explosion. They are most commonly associated with nuclear explosions. The list consists of nuclear warheads and missiles. Private collection, Berlin. Tags: China, mushroom, atomic, bomb, missile, warfare 17 / 18