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Ageing earth stars

Ageing earth star

Earth stars are fungi with such an exotic shape they look like they might have been dropped from outer space.

Ageing earth star

They have a hole in the top of their fruiting bodies for their spores to escape, powered by raindrops landing on it.

Ageing earth stars

These were growing in the front of a garden, possibly associated with the pine trees. Although I walk past the garden at least once a week on visits to the supermarket, the earth stars had been around for some time before I noticed them.