Because I am new to the world of fungi, I don't know yet the names of many of them. I have taken hundreds of photos and I am in the process of identifying them.
In my adventure, I have laughed a lot. One day, I saw a mushroom growing on a log that was across a little brook. I took another log and put it next to the first one. I Made sure that it was safe. I climbed on it, I bent to take a shot, I lost balance and fell down. I reacted and somehow I ended sitting on the logs with one of my legs in the cold water.
Several times, I have got thorns in my hands, on my clothes. One day I poked one eye with a stick! I have fallen when trying to climb on inclined logs. I have got dog poop once in one of my shoes when searching for fungi. But, it is all worth.
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Earthstar? cientific name? Help if you know.
The name of the 'star' is Escleroderma geaster. It stars as a kind of ball that when matures, it splits open and forms the rays. Rain is in charge of spreading the spores which are in the 'cup' as a brown-purple dust.
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