| 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. |
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 Geastrum pectinatum - DK: stilket stjernebold - closeup of endoperidium |
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-06.188 |
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