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Acrobatic Earthstar

Geastrum fornicatum

Description:

Ground mushroom; less than 5cm long; rudimentary stem with a terminal globose "ball-shaped" spore sac; gray, light brown to dark brown colored; appearing scattered or forming large groups.

Habitat:

Found these close to a Schinus molle tree (15 - 40cm away) in the middle of the dry season.

Notes:

I saw this fungus in quite large groups, always in the same spot (see habitat) sometimes in pairs, but mostly individually.

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4 Comments

DarioEsauLaraMoya
DarioEsauLaraMoya 12 years ago

Thanks a lot, i'll be uploading more fungi pics soon.

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Very interesting!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 12 years ago

Excellent!

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 12 years ago

What a great looking earth star! I have always wanted to find one. I had to look up the meaning of its species name: fornicatum refers to the arched shape of its "leaves".

DarioEsauLaraMoya
Spotted by
DarioEsauLaraMoya

México, Mexico

Spotted on Apr 21, 2011
Submitted on Nov 6, 2011

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