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Astraeus hygrometricus
Around 2 cm across. Found these little guys just down the street in front of a neighbor's house.
Roadside in some woodchips, northeast Grand Rapids.
Seems to be an ectomycorrhizal symbiote of the maple tree it's under.
Spotted on May 1, 2014
Submitted on May 2, 2014
1 Comment
I don't think is a Astraeus... the endoperidium is smooth and it has a "defined" stomata... while Astraeus has warts and the mouth is not well defined... I think it's a good Geastrum. If you colected it, just split it on the half... if you see a collumella is a Geastrum, if you don't is a Astraeus (also you can check the spores).