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Unknown Fungus

Photo by KeithRoragen
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Field Notes

Description:

About 2 inches tall, or so.

Habitat:

Upper Sonoran Desert scrubland

Notes:

Found this curious-looking fungus in Madera Canyon in the Coronado National Forest

Species ID Suggestions

Brain-shaped puffball

Calvatia aff craniiformis
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Comments (3)
EduHerNav
Wow! I love gasteroid fungi! I'd love to see it live!
KeithRoragen
Thanks Leuba. That looks like a good place to start.
Leuba Ridgway
A stalked puffball like perhas like this one: http://americanmushrooms.com/taxa/Calvatia_cyathiformis_02_Lewis_Tester.htm Not sure if this species grows in arid areas.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2014

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