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about the genus Earthstar (Geastrum)
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Closed, globose to onion-shaped, fairly big fruitbodies that open the outer peridium in a stellate pattern to expose an inner ball containing powdery spores or a naked mass of powdery spores held together by capillitial threads.
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about the species Geastrum fornicatum
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Geastrum coronatum
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Geastrum triplex
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© Thomas Læssøe - England, K 24719
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