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Spore sac on a star-like base [earthstars]
Astraeus hygrometricus
2 Barometer Earthstar at Evatt, ACT
Identification history
| Astraeus hygrometricus | 23 Sep 2022 | Heino1 | ||
| Astraeus hygrometricus | 19 Sep 2022 | TimL |
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User's notes
The images provide a 17.5 hours timeline showing the Barometer Earthstars going from open (wet) to closed (dry) after recent rain. The Earthstar second from the right developed splits in the inner surface of one of its arms, which then failed to close as the Earthstar dried out.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.064092-35.213593
- Altitude 568.4m
- Places Evatt, ACT
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 17 Sep 2022 06:45 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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