Sighting 4571154
Sphaerobolus stellatus
2 Cannon-ball Fungus at suppressed
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| Sphaerobolus stellatus | Heino1 | 14 May 2024 |
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Herbarium collection HL6771 at CANB
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14 May 2024
In the lower half of this photo you see two mature fruitbodies still with their red-brown peridioles in their fluid baths, and so each is still sitting on the cup’s inner membrane. The red arrow points to a fruitbody where the inner membrane has reversed orientation (thereby changing from cup-like to blister-like) and, in that process has forcibly ejected its peridiole. You can also see other fruitbodies where the peridioles have been ejected and in some cases the inner membrane has become detached from the fruitbody. The white arrows point to two paler lumps in the wood, namely two fruitbodies that are close to breaking though the surface of the wood.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066111-35.250556
- Places Macquarie, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 12 May 2024 03:53 PM Recorded on
- Heino1 Recorded by
Collections
- Heino1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Sphaerobolus stellatus Cup with one or more 'eggs' inside [birds nest fungi and cannonball fungus] Disk-like to cup-like Fungi
Species information
- Sphaerobolus stellatus Scientific name
- Cannon-ball Fungus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Unknown
Record quality
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4 / 7
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