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Photo by RexFantastic
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Field Notes

Description:

Some puffball-like mushrooms I found a while ago.

Habitat:

Grassy field with some trees, similar to a park.

Notes:

My best guess is that they are a young Astraeus or Geastrum. Spore print was brown, inside was solid, and dark brown.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
EduHerNav
Do they have a big lay of sand in the lower part? It might be a Disciseda, but by the shape and colour it might be a Calvatia fragilis. Im not sure I perhaps need some more pictures.
RexFantastic
Also, they were about 2 cm wide when I found them.
RexFantastic
I uploaded a few more pics, including one of the specimens I have at home as they are now, they have shrunk but otherwise look pretty much the same.
EduHerNav
I work with gasteroid fungi. Would you have any other pics?

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Mushroom Mapping
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Great Lakes Monitoring
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Fantastic Fungi - WV, OH, MI
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Mushroom Photography of the Midwest United States

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PublishedMay 20, 2014

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