any of a family (Geastraceae) of puffball fungi, in which the outer wall of the spore fruit splits into a starlike form surrounding the spore sac
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earthstar
noun
Any of various mushrooms of the family Geastraceae, having a round spore case like that of a puffball with an outer covering that splits open in a starlike form.
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Noun
(plural earthstars)
- A type of puffball, of genus Geastrum, whose surface splits open in a star-shaped form
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