| 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. |
Geastrum quadrifidum - DK: firfliget stjernebold, UK: Rayed Earthstar |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-98.159 |
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