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At Goritsa hill, Volos, Greece.
Star fungus. Astraeus hygrometricus?
Sandy yard next to a forest. These ones were under a cedar tree in my yard
Astraeus hygrometricus, is a cosmopolitan ...
Found these around camp after a rainy night.
dozens of Hygroscopic earthstars, spotted all around the Goritsa hill ...
Around 2 cm across. Found these little guys just down the street in front of a ...
Exoperidium hygroscopic, endoperidium whitish and warty, mouth indefinite.
Astraeus hygrometricus, commonly known as ...
Earthstar mushroom beside the pond at Beechwood Farms.
Flower like fungus with ball like center filled with brown dusty spores.
The hole in the middle of the star disperses spores every time a raindrop falls ...
A small jewel beetle with several yellow spots. These beetles seem to flick ...
They were growing in a narrow grassy area between some ashe junipers, live oaks ...
Crackled 'rays' on a pair of plain earth-stars.
Small fungus (I think!) star type, appears like a puff ball type has split ...
One of the various kinds of earth star mushrooms in Arizona. An amazing feature ...
Young specimens resemble a puffball when young and unopened. In maturity, the ...
One of my favorite finds from this walk! Two mushrooms found in the sandy soil ...
Earthstar fungi with recurved, cracked rays. About 70mm across when open.
Once mature, the outer membrane splits open and retracts to allow spores to ...
The mushroom has two distinct parts. One of globular shape tears to release ...
The mushroom has two distinct parts. One of globular shape tears to release ...
Fascinating little fungi! Little rigid stars on the soil, about 3" across.
Some puffball-like mushrooms I found a while ago.
