botanical starfish
Posted: December 8th, 2019, 8:32 pm
Saw tons of these on Shellrock Mtn. I don't recall seeing anything like this before.
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Your cool fungus is an earth star (Geastrum sp.). The spore sack has exploded, so it's been there a while.