Amazing Find: Cannonball Fungus!!!!

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 04:52:17 +0000

7 pictures above in notes (1 enlarged version for each collage picture and three other pictures)

This kind of find is so exciting to me! I've never seen anything like it before, and though I spent a long time searching online, I couldn't find any pictures of this type (species info below!). In any event, I was delighted to have found this interesting fungus. With globes, each stands only 2-3 mm in height, very small.

A HUGE THANK YOU AND HUG to Chrissy for identifying this fungus for me!!!! It's called Cannonball Fungus, or "Sphaerobolus stellatus" and you aren't even going to believe this...like its name says, it HURLS a "cannonball" of spores (see inset image) away from itself to spread its spores!!! Check out this animated gif here to see! Cannonball Fungus in Action! ) Can you say TOTALLY COOL AND AMAZING?!!!!! WOW!!! Here's more information about this cool fungus, and once again, THANK YOU CHRISSY!!! :D Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for July 2005: Sphaerobolus stellatus, the Cannonball Fungus

Weird & Wonderful: The Larkspur Bud

nobody@ipernity.com (Janet Brien) — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:37:36 +0000

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This is from my archives, taken last spring. It's the bud of a Yellow-Tinge Larkspur flower, which was featured as the 38th Flower of Spring & Summer. When I began that project, I only put one view with none in the comments as I do now. So this picture was left behind. I think these buds are amazing to see, and so different! I hope you like it too! :)

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Amazing Find: Cannonball Fungus!!!!

Weird & Wonderful: The Larkspur Bud