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lisa123 Purple-spored Puffball
Purple-spored Puffball commented on by lisa123 Brisbane, Queensland, Australiaa year ago

What you're holding in your hand is just the leftover sterile stem base. The globe on top is where the spores were. The two days of heavy rain is when the spores got dispersed (maybe not very far!). The whole top disintegrates with these, just leaving the base.

lisa123 Sweat Pea
Sweat Pea commented on by lisa123 Oregon, USAa year ago

"SWEET" pea.

lisa123 White Glory of the Snow
White Glory of the Snow commented on by lisa123 Chicago, Illinois, USA2 years ago

The white stripe on the leaves makes "star of Bethlehem" more likely. Compare to Ornithogalum umbellatum.

lisa123 open sterile base of a puffball
open sterile base of a puffball commented on by lisa123 Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands4 years ago

If this is about 1-1/2" tall like it looks, I believe this is an old deflated Lycoperdon perlatum. Calvatia is much larger, and the stem base left is smooth across the top, not deflated like the one in your photos.

lisa123 crown coral or crown-tipped coral fungus
crown coral or crown-tipped coral fungus commented on by lisa123 Illinois, USA5 years ago

This is not Artomyces pyxidatus (crown-tipped coral). A. pyxidatus grows on wood, is white to pale tan and has very distinctive crown-shaped tips, even when very young.

lisa123 Phlebia incarnata
Phlebia incarnata commented on by lisa123 Illinois, USA10 years ago

Also called "Merulius incarnatus," and just to be clear it is found growing with FALSE turkey tail--Stereum ostrea.

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