On Dec. 5, 2008 I found many mature earthstars (earth stars) growing in the same small area with an unfamiliar type of lichen. I called them "puffballs" because of their appearance. They have a puff ball structure within exterior husk, like an earthball. The lower picture shows how they deteriorate. Since then I've found them on the site discovered on 2009-01-16 contingent to Pt. Washington State Forest and many more. See more about earthstars below.
Here are some of the references I found for tentative visual identification as an earthstar:
- http://plantsnrocks.blogspot.com/2008/12/interesting-mushroom-rounded-earthstar.html
- http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/FunFacts/starfact.htm
- http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0504.htm#earthstar
More about earthstars
- Dream
- Earthstar near earthballs by Highway Scenic 30-A SW of the road over Deer Lake on January 24, 2010
- Earthstar and Deer Lichen by Highway Scenic 30-A NE of Deer Lake but west of the entrance to the nature path north of the entrance to Deer Lake State Park on May 27, 2010. (See the movie.)
Deer lichen site 4.5. Back to Camp Helen or deer lichen. See also fungi.
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