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British earthstar
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British earthstar

Geastrum britannicum

Geastrum britannicum is an inedible fungus from the family Geastraceae, whose fruit body resembles a man figure. The specific epithet britannicum reflects the fact that the fungus is found only in Great Britain.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1028907.