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0 0 sac fungi

sac fungi

Florida, USA

Fungi fungus kingdom domain eukaryote

0 0 morel (yellow)

morel (yellow)

by Sally9Jamestown, New York, USA

sac

0 0 Lichens

Lichens

by zainab.chopra7Salisbury, England, United Kingdom

Grown attached to moss

0 0 Unnamed spotting

Unnamed spotting

by PamelaAnnMoltrupMattydale, New York, USA

White fungus or shroom

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by SteveDanielsΔήμος Ιεράπετρας, Κρήτη, Greece

Golden sac fungus, possibly of the ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Max Gallagher

White raisin like sac. Squishy. Popped it, ...

0 3 Spotting

Spotting

by redapronparkLakewood Township, New Jersey, USA

Bumpy ball shaped sacs found on forest ...

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by KateRoperCamp

Large, Gilles, cream to white, ring on stalk,

2 1 Yellow earth tongue

Yellow earth tongue

by kamansujiColombo, Sri Lanka

This pretty fungi with the odd common name, ...

3 2 Tough Puffball

Tough Puffball

by dandoucetteBrantford, Ontario, Canada

spore sac becoming cracked and split

2 1 Sac-like Earthstar

Sac-like Earthstar

by dandoucetteSulawesi Utara, Indonesia

a type of puffball fungus, just past maturity

1 0 Cordyceps fungus

Cordyceps fungus

by Sergio MonteiroCuritiba, PR, Brazil

Cordyceps is a genus of ascomycete fungi ...

31 22 Cordyceps fungus

Cordyceps fungus

by Sergio MonteiroParaná, Brazil

Cordyceps is a genus of ascomycete fungi ...

2 0 Arching Earth Star

Arching Earth Star

by Leuba3765, Victoria, Australia

With an arching, down curved thick outer covering exposing a bulbous spore ...

0 0 Earthstar

Earthstar

by TorreyNeelCalifornia, USA

12 rays. The inner layer of the peridium remains a closed

1 1 Copper Penny Fungi

Copper Penny Fungi

by MickGrantRipley, Ohio, USA

Found it among deciduous forest at Buzzards Roost hike -

1 0 Splash Cups or Bird's-nest fungi or

Splash Cups or Bird's-nest fungi or

by Charlotte FletcherCharlotte, North Carolina, United States

brownish grey cups flare out about 1/4 inch wide with dark eggs or spore

2 1 Dinosaur Egg Mushroom

Dinosaur Egg Mushroom

by marcus.toftGeorgia, USA

Some of the weirdest fungi I've ever seen! ...

1 0 Desert stalkball

Desert stalkball

by EduHerNavSonora, Mexico

Spore sac up to 10mm. Exoperodium tipically ...

2 2 Physalacria inflata

Physalacria inflata

by CharliePriceLaunceston, Tasmania, Australia

Very tiny 3-5mm all white enclosed sacs.

1 0 Bohemian Truffle

Bohemian Truffle

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

veins of ochre. When split, they revealed a matrix of black with elongated ...

0 0 Birds Nest Fungi

Birds Nest Fungi

by brettpimRegina, Saskatchewan, Canada

less than 1 cm in diameter. smooth brown exterior of cup, spore

0 0 Saltshaker Earthstar

Saltshaker Earthstar

by PsiloJacksonville, Florida, USA

Similar to puffball and earthstar. Has puncture-like holes in spore

0 1 Gem-studded puffball

Gem-studded puffball

by Homegrown HealthyNorth Carolina, USA

Size of golf balls, three in a row. I saw no stem underneath, but they were ...

3 4 Spotting

Spotting

by CammieAmber, Oklahoma, USA

Not sure what this is: algae? egg sacs? ...

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by VivBraznellจังหวัดนครศรีธรรมราช, Thailand

I first thought this was a spider egg sac ...

2 0 Hygroscopic Earthstar

Hygroscopic Earthstar

by MachiFlorida, USA

overlooked, especially in dry weather, when the rays fold tightly over the ...

1 0 Common Prettymouth

Common Prettymouth

by CharliePriceDevonport, Tasmania, Australia

layer is a cap that falls off to reveal the thin walled, orange mouthed

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by KateRoperCampLouisiana, USA

attached; looks like sac at base; gills ...

1 0 Earthstar

Earthstar

by Michelle ParishJunction City, Oregon, USA

" will dry and curl up around the soft spore

3 2 Collared Earthstar

Collared Earthstar

by ShaamanSarajevo, Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Collared Earthstars are larger than other earthstar species, and they have a ...

5 0 Collared earthstar

Collared earthstar

by JaeApeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands

Collared Earthstars are larger than other earthstar species, and they have a ...

2 0 Yellow Fairy Cups

Yellow Fairy Cups

by flowntheloopGeorgia, USA

within the Ascomycota division of fungi. ...

1 0 Blue-Stain Fungus

Blue-Stain Fungus

by allisonwbrHoward, Wisconsin, USA

Sac

12 4 Rounded Earthstar

Rounded Earthstar

by dandoucetteOntario, Canada

roundish sac encircled by starlike rays, a ...

3 4 Earth Star

Earth Star

by audrey.m.archerRehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA

shaped sac that are filled with tiny ...

0 0 Collared Earthstar.

Collared Earthstar.

by rat.tumour aka lipaseHigh Peak, England, United Kingdom

sac being 'on a short indistinct stalk'. ...

3 1 fringed earthstar

fringed earthstar

by PatriciaPiJalón/Xaló, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

ultimately peels off to reveal a smooth, grayish-brown surface. The inner ...

1 0 No Common Name

No Common Name

by JimCornishNewfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Forest floor on leaf litter.

2 4 earthstar !!

earthstar !!

by AlexKonigHeerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

first thought "earthstar/geastrum", but the inside, where odd for me. After ...

1 0 Pear-shaped puffball

Pear-shaped puffball

by doreen.chambers.14Vermont, USA

Pear-shaped. Developing pour on top. Spore mass white. smooth, single or in ...

2 0 Upsidedown Sac Fungus

Upsidedown Sac Fungus

by ChunXingWongTawau, Sabah, Malaysia

A red fungus species which is semi spherical and facing downwards. About 2cm in ...

1 1 No Common Name

No Common Name

by JimCornishNewfoundland and Labrador, Canada

. This sac lichen grows in spring usually ...

6 0 Fleshy Cup Fungus

Fleshy Cup Fungus

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Fleshy olive brown fleshy cups with a warty exteriors . Inner surfaces were ...

2 0 Forest Prettymouth - puffball

Forest Prettymouth - puffball

by Leuba RidgwayAda, Victoria, Australia

and their sacs about 10 mm wide. They were ...

3 4 Birds Nest Fungus

Birds Nest Fungus

by Leuba3765, Victoria, Australia

Clumps of urn-shaped fungi (peridia), each ...

0 1 Bohemian truffle

Bohemian truffle

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

-sized spore sacs or peridioles. These ...

8 3 Barometer Earthstar

Barometer Earthstar

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

areolated (cracked) outer skins (exoperidia). In the centre was a smooth ...

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