MycoKey : the genus Geastrum

Generic short diagnoses: 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.

Species examples:
Geastrum fornicatum
Geastrum melanocephalum
Geastrum pectinatum
Geastrum pectinatum 2
Geastrum quadrifidum
Geastrum sessile
Geastrum sessile 2
Geastrum striatum
Geastrum triplex
Geastrum triplex 2
Geastrum triplex 3


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