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Earth Star
Carlee Olsen Contract [4]
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Classification
The earth star fungus is classified
as a Gasteromycetes or
“stomach fungi”
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The earth star fungi is related to a
puffball. An earth star is different than a puff ball because the earth star has three layers which
allow the earth star to move
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Reproduction
The earth star’s fruiting body is a sac filled with dry spores.
Some sacs release there spores when the inside layer wears away, and some form an opening at the top of the sac. When a rain drop strikes
these sacs, spores are pushed out. After spores are pushed out, the sac returns
to its original shape
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Growth
When an earth star is young, it looks like an onion. Then the
outer layers split open into the rays of a star. The sac in the
middle of the star holds the spores
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Response
The earth star’s rays open when
humidity is high to expose the spores,
and then they close again in
response to drier conditions
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Organization
The earth star has a sac filled with
dry spores, wrapped up in a layer which splits open, letting the
spores expose