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September 28, 2007 : Geastrum sp.

Keywords: Geastraceae | Geastrum sp. | Bowness Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Geastrum sp.
Geastrum sp.

Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. – Daniel

Thank you to Anne from Alberta (aka annkelliott@Flickr) for sharing these photographs with BPotD (original 1 | original 2 | BPotD Flickr Group Pool). Much appreciated!

The genus Geastrum is one of 8 genera within the family Geastraceae (the earthstar family). Broadly (and unscientifically) speaking, these can be placed into the category of puffballs.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at September 28, 2007 7:40 AM

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Cute.

Those seem to fungi, as Koala bears are to animals.

Mushrooms are one of my favorite things to photographs.

I really like the second photo - its almost as if it was standing.

Posted by: Mario Vaden at September 28, 2007 8:18 AM

My daughter and I discovered these this summer, here in Central Texas. We have had a very wet summer, breaking all records for rain. We looked them up, and found them listed as shattered earthstars. They are truly wonderful--we got to see them in every stage of their development. It is a wonderful world, indeed, that holds such strange and beautiful creations!

Posted by: Carolyn at September 28, 2007 9:01 AM

These are actually in a group called the "stalked puffballs"

Posted by: Gina Radieve at September 28, 2007 12:52 PM

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