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 Collared Earthstar (Geastrum triplex)
 
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© Jens H. Petersen - Denmark, JHP-93.192

© Jens H. Petersen - Denmark, JHP-08.255

© Jens H. Petersen - Denmark, JHP-09.543

© Jens H. Petersen - Denmark, JHP-04.129

© Jens H. Petersen - Denmark, JHP-07.255

© Jens H. Petersen - Denmark, JHP-07.279

© Jens H. Petersen - Denmark, JHP-08.255
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