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A friend found these earthstars growing in the bottom of her hedge near the bottom of an old tree stump (probably Ash) in North Yorkshire. I can't find anything to match in any of our fungus books or on Google. Any ideas anyone?
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October 26, 2008, 09:49:45 AM »
Anne, are you sure it's not ET back for a visit
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Are you sure that he neighbours children didn't make those at playgroup, Anne
Two separate pieces of fungus and a match stick.
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October 26, 2008, 11:51:20 AM »
I only know what Google suggests - "Geastrum fornicatum"
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G. fornicatum doesn't seem to have the pointed opening to the spore capsule. Also the 'arms' are very thin and papery on this specimen, and the whole thing is completely detached from the ground.
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October 26, 2008, 10:13:13 PM »
Hi Anne,
I think your fungus can be a Geastrum pectinatum.
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November 04, 2008, 09:36:35 AM »
Hi Anne,
I can not suggest a species name for your Geastrum but they look a bit past their best. Here are two New Zealand examples of the genus.
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November 04, 2008, 11:58:26 AM »
Thanks, folks. Still not convinced! It's the papery 'arms' that seem to distinguish this one from any I've looked at so far.
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November 04, 2008, 12:11:25 PM »
Okay... what about Geastrum striatum, then??
see this pic.... http://www.grzyby.pl/foto/kk/kk-DSCF1209.jpg ( Edit: this link may only work if you copy and paste the link into another open browser page)
I think the paperyness comes as the thing ages, though.... the G. pectinatum "arms" get thinner and more papery as they age and detach from the ground, too, I think...
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Can't open that link, Maggi.
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November 06, 2008, 11:23:22 AM »
Sorry, Anne, try this one:
http://www.grzyby.pl/gatunki/Geastrum_striatum.htm
or this one:
http://www.grzyby.pl/foto/06-060627-8246.htm
I cannot open the first link I gave in my post above ( November 04, 2008, 12:11:25 PM) either, though I can if I copy and paste it into another browser page ...... strange.
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November 12, 2008, 08:34:25 AM »
I've sent a specimen to our local fungus recorder to look at. Watch this space!
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