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Paurocotylis pila

Paurocotylis pila

Description:

tiny bright red puff ball like fungus about 1cm across. Hollow inside and had lots of small flies flying around it.

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5 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

a great listen thanks Anna

AnnaWhipkey
AnnaWhipkey 12 years ago

So true Argybee, even on Antarctica. I heard this story on NPR yesterday http://www.npr.org/2012/03/06/148072123/...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

That's interesting Clive. I sometimes think that although sapiens are responsible for considerable depletion of other life forms they are also causing the biggest life-churn this planet has seen by moving stuff all over.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Looks like a babybel cheese. edible?

JulieEdwards
JulieEdwards 12 years ago

I found another which was damaged and that had a white lining.
http://karl.soop.org/English/gallND10.ht...
I think that's what it is then. Thankyou Clive

JulieEdwards
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JulieEdwards

Nelson, New Zealand

Spotted on Jan 1, 2012
Submitted on Mar 5, 2012

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