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At Goritsa hill, Volos, Greece.
Sandy yard next to a forest. These ones were under a cedar tree in my yard
Found these around camp after a rainy night.
dozens of Hygroscopic earthstars, spotted all around the Goritsa hill ...
Astraeus
Around 2 cm across. Found these little guys just down the street in front of a ...
Exoperidium hygroscopic, endoperidium whitish and warty, mouth indefinite.
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 ...
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 ...
MUSHROOM INEDIBLE. This star is named by its exceptional ability to respond to ...
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.
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.
This fungus releases a puff of brown spores if you push on the white ball in ...
These were large earthstars, about 45 mm across. They were fully open with ...
Once mature, the outer membrane splits open and retracts to allow spores to ...
Had seen these for the first time (like so many other species) on PN. ...
