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Tag Archives: Earthstar fungi

E is for earthstar, the eponymous fungus

10 Wednesday Dec 2025

Posted by sconzani in fungi

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British fungi, collared earthstar, earthstar, Earthstar fungi, fungi, Geastrum triplex

I just checked – I haven’t posted any photos of earthstars since December 2023. As they were the inspiration for the name of this blog (though the name is also meant to encompass all the flora and fauna that are the environmental stars on this amazing Earth), I really think they should feature here at least once a year.

These particular Collared earthstars (Geastrum triplex) were photographed in both the old and new sections of Cardiff’s Cathays Cemetery last week.

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A single earthstar

10 Friday Feb 2023

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earthstar, Earthstar fungi

In previous years, I’ve found as many as 40 earthstar fungi in this particular location in a Cardiff cemetery; during Monday’s walk, despite a very thorough search, I found just this one. Even so, it was a welcome sight, as a visit to the cemetery late last year, when these fungi should’ve been at their peak, didn’t produce any specimens.

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The stars of the fungi world

22 Friday Oct 2021

Posted by sconzani in autumn, fungi

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British fungi, collared earthstar, earthstar, Earthstar fungi, Geastrum triplex

It’s that time of year when stars appear, as if by magic, from the earth and delight those of us lucky enough to find them with their outlandishness.

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And so I made my annual pilgrimage to the location I found a few years ago in a Cardiff cemetery, where I was absolutely delighted to see a very healthy profusion of these beauties.

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There were at least 40, with more still emerging from their ‘shells’. I am, of course, referring to the fungi for which this blog is named, the Earthstars, in this case Collared earthstars (Geastrum triplex).

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Earthstars!

24 Saturday Sep 2016

Posted by sconzani in fungi, nature

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earthstar, Earthstar fungi, Geastrum

Yesterday I discovered I now have 100 followers on this blog – not a patch on those blogs that have thousands, even millions of followers, but I am utterly delighted just the same. Yesterday I also discovered these two gorgeous and very fresh Earthstar fungi (Geastrum sp.) while out wandering along an old railway cutting, now walking track, at a local nature reserve. I have blogged about Earthstars before and they are part of the reason behind the name of this blog, though my idea was also to make our Earth and all her wondrous creatures and creations the stars of my photographs and writing. I presume that you, my followers, are also charmed by the natural world around us, so I would like to dedicate this blog and these Earthstars to you. Thank you all most sincerely for your likes and your comments and for following along with me.

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I'm a writer and photographer; researcher and blogger; birder and nature lover; countryside rambler and city strider; volunteer and biodiversity recorder.

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