A brownish woodland fungus with a spherical spore-containing fruiting body surrounded by a fleshy star-shaped structure, found in both Eurasia and North America.
Family Geastraceae, class Gasteromycetes: Geastrum and other genera
Definition of earthstar in US English:
earthstar
nounˈərTHstär
A brownish woodland fungus with a spherical spore-containing fruiting body surrounded by a fleshy star-shaped structure, found in both Eurasia and North America.
Family Geastraceae, class Gasteromycetes: Geastrum and other genera