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Geastrum spp.

Photo by garylincoff
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Field Notes

Description:

Like puffballs but with an outer covering that opens in a star-like pattern with the "arms" folding back, giving the appearance of little lunar landers, and exposing the spore-filled ball-like center. Spores ejected through the opening of an apical hole.

Habitat:

on the ground, Simla, India

Notes:

world-wide in distribution

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PublishedMarch 1, 2011

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