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Around 2 cm across. Found these little guys just down the street in front of a ...
I found this on a sand beach adjacent to conifers. I think it might be ...
Exoperidium hygroscopic, endoperidium whitish and warty, mouth indefinite.
Astraeus hygrometricus, commonly known as the hygroscopic earthstar, the
Sandy yard next to a forest. These ones were under a cedar tree in my yard
Flower like fungus with ball like center filled with brown dusty spores.
This small plant growing in open field.
This fungus releases a puff of brown spores if you push on the white ball in ...
One of the various kinds of earth star mushrooms in Arizona. An amazing feature ...
See description in spotting for blue version of the flower. They can be found ...
dozens of Hygroscopic earthstars, spotted all around the Goritsa hill ...
Astraeus hygrometricus, is a cosmopolitan species found almost everywhere ...
They were some of the few living organisms that could grow on the actual trail, ...
These were large earthstars, about 45 mm across. They were fully open with ...
's barometer, poor man's weather-glass, ...
The Scarlet Pimpernal is a low growing plant with small orange to red flowers. ...
Scarlet pimpernel has weak sprawling stems growing to about 50 cm long, which ...
Crackled 'rays' on a pair of plain earth-stars.
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.
Scarlet pimpernel flowers open only when the sun shines. It has a wide variety ...
Easy to miss, the spore case has whitish rough surface, about 2 cm across. ...
Easy to miss, the spore case has whitish rough surface, about 2 cm across. ...
Another very common small plant that grows together with chickweed and veronica ...
Small plant with sprawling stems. Orange, five petaled, flowers with red near ...
Scarlet pimpernel is a delicate plant. It is generally considered a weed and is ...
Small but vivid orange flowers with pink at the base of each petal. The leaves ...
Astraeus hygrometricus, commonly known as the hygroscopic earthstar, the
Astraeus hygrometricus, commonly known as the hygroscopic earthstar, the
Astraeus hygrometricus, commonly known as the hygroscopic earthstar, the
Anagallis arvensis is a very common wildflower, usually a winter annual, but ...
, allowing them to scatter spores from the pore as they roll. "This veritable ...
, allowing them to scatter spores from the pore as they roll. "This veritable ...
, allowing them to scatter spores from the pore as they roll. "This veritable ...
, allowing them to scatter spores from the pore as they roll. "This veritable ...
, allowing them to scatter spores from the pore as they roll. "This veritable ...
, allowing them to scatter spores from the pore as they roll. "This veritable ...
