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Geastraceae
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Geastraceae

Geastrales is an order of gasterocarpic basidiomycetes (fungi) that are related to Cantharellales. The order contains the single family Geastraceae, commonly known as "earthstars", which older classifications had placed in Lycoperdales, or Phallales.

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7 branches of this family, most-observed first

Earthstars

genusGeastrum

cannonball fungi

genusSphaerobolus

Pepperpots

genusMyriostoma

Schenella

genusSchenella

Geasteropsis

genusGeasteropsis

Nidulariopsis

genusNidulariopsis

Geasteroides

genusGeasteroides

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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 55014.