MycoKey : the genus Astraeus

Generic short diagnoses: Earthstar look-a-like, with hygroscopic rays, bigger spores than in Geastrum species and hyaline, septate and clamped hyphae in the mature gleba.


Species examples:
Astraeus hygrometricus


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