The brief videos on the moment that common puffball mushrooms release spores
Today, I went to a walk to explore the woods as usual. It's feeling like autumn more and more and been getting cold lately. So, I think it might be difficult to find newly emerged Myxomycetes and Mushrooms here.
What I find frequently these days is the mushroom popularly known as the common puffball and also called various names such as warted puffball, gem-studded puffball or devil's snuff-box. Its scientific name is Lycoperdon perlatum, a widespread species with a cosmopolitan distribution.
This one shows a different surface structure. Multiple spines have joined at the tip.
When mature it becomes brown, and a hole in the top opens to release spores in a burst when the body is compressed by touch or falling raindrops.

The other video is so-called a healing one. Groundwater was dripping from the moss growing on the slope of the forest road.

Even though it's been good weather for a while now, water droplets have been dripping continuously. I think the underground water vein might be exposed at this point of the slope?
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