Calostoma lutescens
2 gasterocarps consisting of spherical gleba (spore sacs) covered in a yellow peridium atop tall golden stalks of intertwined hyphae that look similar to pasta or spaghetti squash. At the apex of each gleba are pink to red star-shaped pores. Spores are white to gray. Calostoma lutescens is one of the 20 gasteroid fungi belonging to the suborder Sclerodermatineae within the order Boletales. It is believed that fungi within the Calostoma genus underwent diversification within the Boletales order from end of the Cretaceous period through the middle of the Cenozoic era. C. lutescens is ectomycorrhizal with Quercus (oak) species.
Habitat:
The side of a ridge growing under an oak (in soil) in a dense mixed hardwood forest in Northwest Georgia
Slow-motion spore dispersal

comments (9)
I do see that you named you fungi list exactly the same as mine:
I hadn't even considered that scenario. It's no big issue, but may be confusing to some users :)
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Thanks for renaming, and thanks for adding the video. This post is turning into a textbook example on how to do ultimate sharing. Very educational. Posted 3 years ago
Posted 3 years ago
https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/14256/videos Posted 3 years ago