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
Contains
- Astreus hygrometricus
A common species of earthstar widely distributed in sandy soil; the gleba...
- Geastrum coronatum
An earthstar with a bluish spore sac and a purplish brown gleba; at maturity...
- Astreus pteridis
The largest earthstar; the fruiting body can measure 15 cm across when the rays...