| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | GEASTRUM TRIPLEX |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | COLLARED EARTHSTAR |
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| Fig 1 |
| FRUIT BODY |
Up to 6cm in diameter. The outer covering (peridium) splits into 3 layers. The exoperidium splits in a star-like fashion into five to seven rays. The innermost layer of the exoperidium forms a collar around the main spore producing bag which is brownish and spherical with a prominent opening at the apex. |
| GLEBA | N/A |
| SPORES | Dark brown, globular, warted. |
| HABITAT | Both deciduous and coniferous forests. |
| SEASON | Common. Summer to late winter. |
| EDIBILITY | Inedible. r |