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Alex Hyde / Collared earthstar (Geastrum michelianum) on forest floor, dispersing spores. This species disperses its spores when raindrops strike the fruiting body, here the fungus has been tapped with a twig to...
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Common earth-star fungi (Geastrum triplex) on woodland floor, Orvieto, Umbria. Italy, November.
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Adrian Davies / Collared earthstar fungus (Geastrum triplex) growing in leaf litter on woodland floor, Surrey, UK. November.
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Nick Upton / Collared earthstar mushroom (Geastrum triplex) among Beech woodland leaf litter, Buckholt wood NNR, Gloucestershire, UK, October.
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Nick Upton / Collared earthstar mushroom (Geastrum triplex) among Beech woodland leaf litter, Buckholt wood NNR, Gloucestershire, UK, October.
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Nick Upton / Collared earthstar mushroom (Geastrum triplex) among Beech woodland leaf litter, Buckholt wood NNR, Gloucestershire, UK, October.
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Warwick Sloss / Collared earthstar fungus (Geastrum triplex) showing spore bag and rays, growing in leaf litter, North Somerset, United Kingdom. Late October.
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Alex Hyde / Collared earthstar (Geastrum triplex) fungus growing on forest floor. Spores are ejected when the fungus is disturbed, such as by falling raindrops. Peak District National park, Derbyshire. UK. Novemb...
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Robin Chittenden / Earth star funfus (Geastrum britannicum), Norfolk, England, UK, endemic.
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Claudio Contreras / Earthstar Mushroom (Geastrum sp.) releasing spores, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, southern Mexico, May
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Mike Read / Collared earthstar (Geastrum triplex) releasing spores, Hampshire, England, UK, November
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Mike Read / Collared earthstar (Geastrum triplex) releasing spores, Hampshire, England, UK, November
