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Geastrum triplex.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

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  • synonyms: Collard Earthstar, Géastre à trois couches, Kragen-Erdstern
    Geastrum triplex GK Mushroom
    Ref No: 7778
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    Geastrum triplex Mushroom
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    Geastrum triplex2 Mushroom
    Ref No: 7780
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    Geastrum triplex4 Mushroom
    Ref No: 7782
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    Geastrum triplex6 Mushroom
    Ref No: 7783
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    Geastrum triplex7 Mushroom
    Ref No: 7784
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    location: North America, Europe
    edibility: Inedible
    fungus colour: White to cream
    normal size: 5-15cm
    cap type: Other
    stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
    spore colour: Light to dark brown
    habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

    Geastrum triplex Jung. Kragen-Erdstern, Géastre à trois couches, Collard Earthstar. Fruit body 3–5cm across when unopened and bulb-shaped, opening to 5–10cm across, outer wall splitting into 4–8 pointed rays and covered in a thick, pinkish-brown, fleshy layer which cracks as the rays bend back under the fruit body leaving the spore sac sitting in a saucer-like base. Spore sac sessile, pale grey-brown with a paler ring round the slightly raised mouth. Spores dark brown, globose, warted, 3.5–4.5um in diameter. Habitat amongst leaf litter in deciduous woods. Season late summer to autumn. Occasional, perhaps the most common member of the genus in Europe. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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    Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 08 December 2024

    Lasy Oliwskie Gdañsk Poland
    Geastrum triplex7
    Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 08 December 2024

    Lasy Oliwskie Gdañsk Poland
    Geastrum triplex7
    Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 08 December 2024

    M³ode owocniki.Lasy Oliwskie Gdañsk Poland
    Geastrum triplex7
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