Calostoma cinnabarinum
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Calostoma cinnabarinum, commonly known as the red slimy-stalked puffball, stalked puffball-in-aspic, or gelatinous stalked-puffball, is a species of gasteroid fungus in the family Sclerodermataceae. I
Specimen showing the gelatinous layer and amphibian egg-like appearance
Calostoma lutescens (above) is taller, and has a yellow spore case. C. ravenelii (below) lacks the red color and gelatinous coating of C. cinnabarinum.
Calostoma lutescens Gatewood Reservoir 2012
Astraeus (fungus)
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Astraeus is a genus of fungi in the family Diplocystaceae. The genus, which has a cosmopolitan distribution, contains nine species of earthstar mushroom. They are distinguished by the outer layer of f
Astraeus pteridis is a North American species.