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Seta estrella de tierra en bosque de mexiquillo durango, seta con forma de estrella en bosque de mexiquillo durango

Photographed at Futakuchi Gorge in Miyagi Prefecture

$Astraeus hygrometricus, commonly known as the hygroscopic earthstar, the barometer earthstar, or the false earthstar, is a species of fungus in the family Diplocystaceae.\n\nBarcelona province forest. Prepyrenees. \n\nCommonly known as \$

The mushroom Gewimperter Erdstern GEASTRUM FIMBRIATUM with high dept of focus and brown bokeh

Wild Mushroom, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, Segovia, Castile Leon, Spain, Europe

Sessile Earthstar Mushroom, Geastrum saccatum. Butano State Park, California, Redwoods,

Harvested wild mushrooms spread out on a table, ready to be cleaned, cooked and eaten

Mushrooms xylaria polymorpha growing in the forest

A closeup of a group of earthstar mushrooms growing on a forest floor

Mushroom at Lake O'Hara in 1997. From old film stock.

Geastrum rufescens fungus, commonly known as the rosy earthstar

Australian collared earthstar fungus (Gaestrum triplex) growing on the forest floor

$Tulostoma brumale, the most common of the stalkballs, is an autumn and winter species found among moss or short grass mainly on sandy, alkaline soil. The dune slacks just behind the first stable sand dune ridges are usually good places to look out for these strange, almost other-worldly little fungi.\nIn older texts the stalkballs are commonly referred to as 'stilt puffballs', and it is now known that puffballs and stalkballs are close relatives. \nFruitbody:\nThis lollipop-like fungus is easily overlooked among snail shells and other pale debris. The rounded 'puffball' with its slightly granular surface sits on a twig-like stem arising from a brown basal volva. Both the spore sac and the stem are white or greyish, the stem covered with brownish longitudinal fibres. The spore-release hole (peristome) is surounded by a reddish-brown ring. \nBall diameter varies from 0.5 to 1cm, and the total height ranges between 2 and 5cm. The stem is 0.2 to 0.3cm in diameter and 1.5 to 4cm tall, tapering slightly towards the apex; it can be smooth and grey or more often fibrous and mottled grey-brown. Inside the spore sac the gleba is white and firm initially, turning brown and powdery as the spores mature. \nSpores: Subspherical to globose, 4-5 x 3.5-4µm; covered in fine warts. Spore mass: The powdery spore-bearing gleba is pale rufous (reddish).\nHabitat: Saprobic, found in stony and sandy soil among moss or short grass, most commonly in coastal areas. \nSeason: September to January in Britain and Ireland; often persisting through to March in Southern Europe.\n\nThis is a common Species in the Coastal Sand Dunes of the Netherlands.$

closeup of a collared earthstar, Geastrum triplex. This belly fungus is easily recognizable by the cup-shaped collar at the base of the ball

Mushroom farm in Fujian province, China close-up of mushrooms

A close-up of Barometer Earth Star fungus (Astraeus hygrometricus) fungi, also known as Earth star Gasteromycetes

Giant wolf's vesse (calvatia gigantea) in a meadow.

mushrooms are growing on the ground in the woods

Russula virescens, commonly known as the green-cracking russula, the quilted green russula, or the green brittlegill mushroom with forest trees in the background

Mushroom at Lake O'Hara in 1996. From old film stock.

$Calvatia excipuliformis (Pers.) Perdek. syn. Handkea excipuliformis (Scop.) Kreisel syn. Lycoperdon saccatum Schaeff. ex Fr. syn. C. saccata (Fr.) Morgan syn. L. excipuliformis Schaeff. ex Pers. Beutel-Stäubling Lycoperdon en sac. Fruit body 8–20cm high, pestle-shaped, head 3–12cm across, pale buff at first then brownish, outer surface of small spines or warts which soon disappear exposing the yellowish, papery inner wall of which the upper portion breaks away to expose the spores. Gleba purplish-brown at maturity; sterile base of sponge-like texture, brownish and occupying the entire stem. Spores olive-brown, globose and warted, 3.5–5.5µ in diameter. Habitat on waste ground, heaths, pastures and woodland. Season late summer to autumn but the sterile stalk and empty cup-like base of the head may persist for many months. Common. Edible when young. Distribution, America and Europe. This photograph shows unusually short-stemmed specimens; the young one (bottom right) is the most typically shaped (source R. Phillips).\n \nThis is a quite common Fungus in the Netherlands.$

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