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Star jelly

astromyxin

Photo by MihaiER
Published on Project Noah
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45.1875, 21.9532

Field Notes

Description:

gelatine like texture, not gluey, 1,5cm diameter

Habitat:

it was on a limestone boulder covered in moss

Notes:

strangest stuff I ever seen

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Star jelly

Species ID Suggestions

Star jelly

astromyxin

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Antoine Verfaille
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Comments (2)
Scott Frazier
How weird! So no one really knows what this substance is? Just speculations?

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PublishedJanuary 20, 2012

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