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Gastromycetes
(Bird's nest, earth stars, puffballs, and
stinkhorms)
| Does the fruiting body resemble a miniature bird's
nest? |
Yes |
| Is the fruiting body star-shaped? |
Yes |
| Is the fruiting body round, pear-shaped, or on a stalk? |
Yes |
| Is the fruiting body covered over the tip with slime,
odor very disagreeable; rising from tough, fleshy egg? |
Yes |
| Is the interior shiny striate; drab to nearly black
eggs?
Yes |
Are the interior walls not striate; eggs white?
Yes |
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You have a Cyathus striatus |
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You have a Crucibulum vulgare |
| Are the rays open when wet, closed when dry; inner
spore sac hairy?
Yes |
Do the rays remain open; inner spores sac smooth?
Yes |
| Does the spore sac have many holes?
Yes |
Does the spore sac have one hole at the top?
Yes |
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You have a Myriostoma
coliforme |
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You have a Astreus
hygrometricus |
| Is the inner spore sac on a short stalk?
Yes |
The inner spore sac is not stalked? ...........................
Yes |
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You have a Geastrum coronatum |
| Is the sore sac seated in a "bowl"; inner
surface of ray cracked? ..............................
Yes |
Is the spore sac exposed but sessile; inner
surface of ray smooth?
Yes |
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You have a Geastrum triplex |
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You have a Geastrum saccatum |
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