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This thread reminds me of cannon fungus, the only mushroom I've ever had throw something at me.
We get Earthstars in the Santa Cruz area, often in fields alongside Satan's Bolete.
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I guess the cannon fungus accelerates its spores pretty fast. It's amazing how an environment over time constructs such varied creativity, sifting
possible outcomes that favor survival or demise.
https://youtu.be/T8OAmcUnm4g
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On hissing mushrooms ....
"The Devil's Cigar (a.k.a. "Texas Star") -- known to botanists as Chorioactis geaster -- had been observed only in central Texas and at two remote
locations in Japan prior to the recent discovery in Nara. The peculiar fungus is described as a dark brown cigar-shaped capsule that transforms into a
tan-colored star when it splits open to release its spores. It is also one of only a few known fungi that produce an audible hiss when releasing
spores."
http://pinktentacle.com/2008/08/rare-devils-cigar-fungus-dis...
Hissing Urnula craterium
'I love stimulating cup fungi and watching the spore release. Next time you find one blow into it and wait a couple seconds. The air movement
stimulates the mushroom to release the spores. It's almost like it's thinking! When I blew on these Devil's urns (Urnula craterium) they released
their spores with an audible hiss! Turn up your volume. This blew me away (no pun intended).'
https://youtu.be/zoGDpJmmR1k
Chorioactis geaster
"Like other cup fungi, there is a mass spore discharge event that resembles smoke puffing out of the fruit body. This is caused by sudden changes in
humidity, and can be induced by blowing a rapid jet of air on the fungus from your lungs. You need to try this the next time you find a cup fungus."
"The fungi featured today is one of the rarest species on Earth. Chorioactis geasteralso known as the devil’s cigar is peculiarly only found in
select counties in Texas, and a handful of locations in Japan."
"In 2004, researchers looked compared the genomes of both Texan and Japanese populations. Utilizing molecular clock techniques, these scientists
estimate that these populations diverged around 19 million years. So basically 19 million years ago, spores from one location made their way to the
second location. With this information, we know that humans didn’t spread the species to the second location, since Homo sapiens has only been
walking the Earth for 200,000 years."
https://www.forestfloornarrative.com/blog/2019/2/1/chorioact...
https://dokumen.tips/documents/the-rare-and-fascinating-devi...
[Edited on 6-7-2021 by Morgan]
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