0 favorites     0 comments    117 visits

1/125 f/3.2 4.6 mm ISO 100

Panasonic DMC-FZ18

EXIF - See more details

Location

Lat, Lng:  
Lat, Lng:  
You can copy the above to your favourite mapping app.
Address:  unknown

 View on map

See also...


Keywords

nature
Agaricomycetes
Basidiomycota
annkelliott
Earth Star
Boletales
Astraeus
Brown-Lowery Provincial Park
P1320365 FZ18
Diplocystaceae
Panasonic DMC-FZ18
FZ18
forest
woodland
fungi
fungus
botany
Canada
SuperShot
Lumix
Alberta
Earth Star sp.


Authorizations, license

Visible by: Everyone
All rights reserved

117 visits


Earth Star fungus

Earth Star fungus
Saw several of these absolutely fascinating fungi (smaller than actually seen here) at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park this afternoon. The star rays were curled under with all the Earth Stars I saw there, not spread out in the shape of a star.

"The Earth Star is a striking soil fungus, so named because the outer wall of the spore-bearing body splits open into a star.

One metaphor refers to the rays standing on their tips, like a ballet dancer standing on their toes. Like other earthstars, the outer, leathery wall (peridium) splits open into the rays of a star, but the rays fold down into "legs" that support the spherical spore case that sits on a short stalk or pedicel. The rays are firmly attached to a clump of mycelium and leaf debris."
From "The Amazing Fungi " website.

Comments

Sign-in to write a comment.