| 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 example: |

Geastrum striatum - DK: krave-stjernebold UK: Striate Earthstar |
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-05.006 |
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