Scleroderma sp.

Scleroderma at Denman Prospect, ACT

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Identification history

Scleroderma sp.	22 Jun 2020	Heino1
Scleroderma sp.	2 May 2020	KenT
Geastrum sp.	2 May 2020	MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified	2 May 2020	AaronClausen

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2 comments

KenT wrote:

2 May 2020

There appear to be some remnants of parts of the outer layer of the fruit body sitting atop a soggy spore mass. The apparent arms are the thick skin of the fruit body that has split and folded outward exposing the naked spore mass. In Geastrum species the spores are contained in a sac and released through a mouth at the apex.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

2 May 2020

Thanks for the explanation ken

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Location information

Coordinates 149.008575 -35.299124
Maps Piney Ridge Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
Places Denman Prospect, ACT

Sighting information

1 - 3 Abundance
30 Apr 2020 07:04 AM Recorded on
AaronClausen Recorded by
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Fungi Fruitbody thick walled, splitting from the top Puffballs & the like AaronClausen

Species information

Scleroderma sp. Scientific name
Scleroderma Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 909.95m Recorded at altitude
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