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Submitted: April 8, 2010
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Model:Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
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Date Taken:Feb 25, 2010, 10:55:59 AM

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Sand Mushroomby ~floramelitensis

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Fungi

Photo: Arnold Sciberras
Scientific name: Montagnites arenaria
Maltese name: Faqqieh tar-Ramel
Occurrence locally: very rare
habitat: Specifically on Sand-Dunes
other info: a variable species, possibly with more than one variety or subspecies locally. very rare because of its specialized habitat reqiurements
not something you would expect, imagine or encounter daily.

~Celes247 Nov 4, 2011

This is awesome!

~floramelitensis Nov 8, 2011

I agree

~squareprismish Nov 6, 2010

That it grows in sand is very interesting. It is the very last place I would have looked for it

~floramelitensis Nov 7, 2010

Indeed, and more interstingly there seems to be more than one species of sand mushrooms in the Mediterranean alone.

~squareprismish Nov 7, 2010

Wow! I presume the mushrooms are on beach sand near the sea? So, they are tolerant of salt in the water and the air??!!!That is truly remarkable.

~floramelitensis Nov 9, 2010

Yes, all of our sand-dunes are close to the sea. They must be salt tolerant indeed, to already feed on something which has died near the sea. Yes, they are truly out of this world