{"id":6029,"date":"2019-12-22T10:57:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T10:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=6029"},"modified":"2019-12-22T10:57:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T10:57:13","slug":"a-star-is-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=6029","title":{"rendered":"A Star is Born"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Collared Earthstar, south Manchester<\/p>\n

One of our more bizarre fungi found growing in the deep leaf litter of a local woodland.<\/p>\n

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Although widespread and in the south of England locally common in the north its a different story.<\/p>\n

Within Manchester the majority of park’s, woodlands, etc are built on reclaimed or former industrial sites. This has resulted in a fairly limited range of fungi and ground flora. Finding a small colony of Earthstars growing within the leaf litter of a local woodland was a real surprise.<\/p>\n

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I’m a bit unsure whether this one is slowly emerging or collapsing due to the recent heavy rain. However the collar of the Earthstar can be clearly seen.<\/p>\n

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A more mature specimen.<\/p>\n

Spores are thought to be dispersed by the wind sucking them out when it blows over the hole, or when falling raindrops hit the paper-thin spore sac.<\/p>\n

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Ready, aim, fire \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Although inedible Earthstars have been used across the world for medicinal properties. In North America the Blackfoot called them ka-ka-toos<\/i>, meaning “fallen stars”, and according to legend, they were an indication of supernatural events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Collared Earthstar, south Manchester ……One of our more bizarre fungi found growing in the deep leaf litter of a local woodland. Although widespread and in the south of England locally common in the north its a different story.
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