Other important links are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astraeus_hygrometricus https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/astraeus-hygrometricus.php http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/174301/7/07_chapter%202.pdf https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/astraeus-hygrometricus.php
On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 at 14:02, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Mushroom Expert site > <https://www.mushroomexpert.com/astraeus_hygrometricus.html> says: > *Astraeus hygrometricus* looks like "earth stars" in the genus *Geastrum*, > but its rays are "hygroscopic"; they cover the round spore case in dry > weather but peel away from it in wet conditions. The *inner (or "upper") > surfaces of the rays become finely cracked, and the surface of the spore > case is matted-fibrillose.* The spore powder, at maturity, is chocolate > brown—and, under the microscope, the spores are much larger than the spores > of *Geastrum* species. > > The above may be the difference from Geastrum species. I am forwarding a > few earlier posts from Nidhan ji and Saroj ji, which may be from Astrarus & > not from Geastrum. > Pl. have a look. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Ashutosh Sharma <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 at 21:01 > Subject: [efloraofindia:318984] Astraeus hygrometricus submission > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Respected members, > > Astraeus hygrometricus > False Earthstar/ Hygroscopic Earthstar > Family - Diplocystaceae > > Habitat - Found growing in ectomycorrhizal association with Pinus > roxburghii. > > Photographed at Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh > In late January 2018 > > Best regards > Ashutosh Sharma > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 > are directly displayed). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 are directly displayed). The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
