| 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 triplex - DK: kødet stjernebold, UK: Collared Earthstar |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-93.192 |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-08.255 |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-09.543 |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-04.129 |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-07.255 |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-07.279 |
 | Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen Denmark, JHP-08.255 |
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