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Geastrum saccatum
A cluster of balls with tough skin splitting open to form star shapes. The petals evert and lift the star from the mycelium below. The central capsule is exposed to disseminate spores.
In leaf litter under a stand of acacia.
Pic #4 showing an overturned star. Pic #5 shows a very old star. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geastrum_tr... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geastrum_sa...
Spotted on May 16, 2012
Submitted on May 16, 2012
4 Comments
Fantastic!!!
Wow!
Cool! I think you'll like this spotting.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/105...
I have changed the ID to G saccatum based on this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geastrum_sa...