Geastrum austrominimum

1 Acton, ACT

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Geastrum austrominimum

28 Oct 2024

Heino1

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Herbarium collection HL1465 at CANB; latitude and longitude approximate

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Heino1 wrote:

28 Oct 2024

These are photos of dried herbarium specimens. However, these fruitbodies looked virtually the same when they were collected. In the first photo you see several mature fruitbodies, one upside down showing the densely encrusted soil/debris that is bound to the underside. The second shows a close view of the fibrillose peristome. In the third you see the spore sac atop a short stalk and also the dense layer of pale calcium oxalate crystals over the surface of the spore sac. The fruitbodies in the fourth photo are in the process of opening out to create the star-like bases. The fruitbodies formed beneath a layer of debris below some Casuarinas.

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Coordinates 149.108330 -35.283333
Places Acton, ACT

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16 - 100 Abundance
13 Oct 1996 08:27 AM Recorded on
Heino1 Recorded by
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Fungi Puffballs & the like Spore sac on a star-like base [earthstars] Heino1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Geastrum austrominimum Scientific name
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Geastrum austrominimum

1 Acton, ACT

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