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Host puffballs - Caenocara
Copyright © 2005 Jim McClarin

Host puffballs - Caenocara
Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
September 9, 2005
These are puffballs of the species from which I extricated a number of puffball beetles. The one on the left is mature and has ruptured to release the spores. This is the stage at which I gathered the contents of several puffballs to search for beetles.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 13 September, 2005 - 7:55pm
Last updated 18 March, 2007 - 9:57am

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