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    Forum: Australian GardeningReplies: 4, Views: 55
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    kye71
    Adelaide
    Australia

    March 25, 2011 10:27 PM

    Post #8450724

    Hello everyone,

    I was doing a bit of work in the garden today and came across some interesting seed pods growing straight out of the ground next to my swiss chard I picked one of the pod and squeezed it some seeds came out, This is my first attempt at growing swiss chard and thought they might be pods coming from the chard so I looked up swiss chard seeds and they look nothing like the ones I found in these interesting pods, Could I please get an identification for the pods so I know what they are please?

    Regards.

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    lucas13
    Victoria
    Australia

    March 26, 2011 2:13 PM

    Post #8451751

    Birdsnest fungi.

    http://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/birds-nest-cannonball.html
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidulariaceae

    kye71
    Adelaide
    Australia

    March 26, 2011 10:47 PM

    Post #8452600

    Thank you lucas13 appreciate the id.
    weed_woman
    Coffs Harbour
    Australia

    March 26, 2011 11:46 PM

    Post #8452635

    how interesting that Fungi have seed, containing spores. Bizarre
    gardengal
    se qld
    Australia

    March 27, 2011 2:27 PM

    Post #8453873

    lucas, thanks for the id. The growth habit reminded me birds nest fungi , but any time I've seen it it has already popped open and exposed the seeds.

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