When: 1996-07-15
Collection location: Orlando, Florida, USA [Click for map]
Who: Nathan Wilson (nathan)
No herbarium specimen

Notes: The date is only accurate to the month.

An interesting earthstar I haven’t been able to put a name on. I found it on a holiday to Disneyland in a semi-urban area near the hotel.

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Proposed Name		User		Community Vote
Geastrum sp.		nathan		(no votes)
Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morgan		Tuberale		82% (1)
Recognized by sight: In Mushrooms Demystified, p. 705. Should the specimen be larger than it appears to be (spore mass more than 1.5 inches across) it could also be A. pteridis. A. pteridis usually has more pronounced cracking on the stars underneath, which is actually a variation of a multi-layered peridium, such as on what used to be called Radiigera.

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Observation Created: Sun May 21 00:28:11 -0700 2006
Last Modified: Mon Jul 24 20:50:47 -0700 2006 by Nathan Wilson (nathan)
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