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Sac-like Earthstar

Geastrum saccatum

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

a type of puffball fungus, just past maturity

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this on the forest floor in Bogani Nani Wartabone national park.

Species ID Suggestions

Sac-like Earthstar

Geastrum saccatum
EduHerNav
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Comments (1)
Dan Doucette
Thanks for the suggestion EduHerNav. It looks like that and I've updated but from what I read on 'wiki' the species hasn't been collected from Borneo before, but perhaps it's wrong.

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