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Fascinating Fungi

An unidentified Australian puff-ball

2/12/2014

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Picture of Unidentified Australian puff-ball fungiUnidentified Australian puff-ball fungi
These unidentified puff-balls  were found  growing on a huge log, possibly beech, in early winter.   The colour was a very deep  orange, quite unlike the  usual Lycoperdon fungi.   They appear to have short thick, white stalks  and white spores that can be seen on the surface  of the lower fungi.  Notice how wrinkled the lower putt-ball is, yet it does not seem to have released any spores as yet.   

The close up photo shows the surface of the puff ball to be finely granular  and the specks to the left of the next photo are  some of these grains falling off.
Sideview of unidentified Australian puff balls
Sideview of unidentified Australian puff balls
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It is interesting in the last photo that there is no spore stain around the apical hole that seems to have released  the spores onto it's neighbour.   I wondered  if this suggested a rather forceful ejection  of spores.
Apical hole on anorange unidentified Australian puff-ball
Apical hole on an unidentified Australian puff-ball



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Indian Massage Alberta link
25/1/2021 05:53:44 am

This was greaat to read

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