I have never seen as many earthstars as I did during a visit to a Cardiff Cemetery a few weeks ago. There must have been over 50 Collared earthstars (Geastrum triplex) growing under the pine trees at the entrance to the cemetery, a location where I’ve never before seen them despite many visits over several years, so it was a very special sight indeed. And as these are the fungi that originally inspired the name of this blog, I felt I had to include them in this end-of-year countdown.
E is for earthstar
10 Sunday Dec 2023
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Andy Finnegan said:
they on my list not lucky this year – keep seeing them being posted but did not see one 50+ that is a great spot.
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sconzani said:
I was blown away seeing so many – it was an incredible sight.
Good luck for next year!
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Andy Finnegan said:
thanks
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GretchenJoanna said:
So THAT is an earthstar! I’ve never seen anything like it. Very fun.
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sconzani said:
They are the strange things – start out like a large round nut, then split open to reveal what you see in my pics. 🙂
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