Earthstar

Of fungus and Geastraceae.

Any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star.

This concept's ID is @1~65273

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  • Astreus hygrometricus 0 facts

    A common species of earthstar widely distributed in sandy soil; the gleba...

  • Geastrum coronatum 0 facts

    An earthstar with a bluish spore sac and a purplish brown gleba; at maturity...

  • Astreus pteridis 0 facts

    The largest earthstar; the fruiting body can measure 15 cm across when the rays...