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This fungus produces spores in the upper part of its fruit body and relies on rain to dispearse them. When a rain drop falls on the fungus, the...
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spores puff out through an opening in the top. It has a white/cream colour and the young fungus is covered with tiny whitish spines which fall off with age leaving behind a net pattern of scars. It is abundant in confier or broadleaf woods and fruits summer to late autumn. Picture taken October 2006 at Maulden woods, Bedfordshire.
Subjects: Biology, Science
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