October 09, 2004
Earth Stars
How many of you have seen the unusual fungus known as the Earth Star?
Here are some pictures taken by David Harrison in the parish, of this quite rare, very distinctive species.
Also some links to web sites which will tell you more about them. The last
link contains an animation of the earth star opening--you need to wait a few
minutes for all the picturs to load to your computer, (unless you have
broadband).
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/fungi_common_earth
-star.html
http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/species/fungi/earth_star.html
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2003.html
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