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and debris that peels away as the fungus matures. The exoperidium splits open into four to seven rays that are curved backward overall, with tips curved inward. Expanded fruit bodies are 4–10 cm (1.6–3.9 in) in diameter. The inner surface of the exoperidum is dark brown, with deep cracks
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that broadens to a top-shaped, corky base. The height of base and endoperidium is 1–3 cm (0.4–1.2 in), and it is roughly the same width. The fragile, whitish to brownish endoperidium opens irregularly near the top to reveal purplish-brown gleba. In some mature, weathered specimens, the
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among the geaster". In 1945, Long replaced the name with
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263:Patricio Ponce de León
292:Geasteroides texensis
202:Geasteroides texensis
158:Geasteropsis texensis
137:Geasteroides texensis
452:Geasteroides barbata
170:Terrostella texensis
460:. CAB International
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403:Terrostella
322:Capillitium
300:exoperidium
287:Description
280:Phialastrum
259:Terrostella
235:Terrostella
193:Geastraceae
142:Long (1917)
122:Long (1917)
103:Geastraceae
613:Categories
464:2013-12-03
399:Trichaster
348:References
91:Geastrales
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407:Mycologia
372:Mycologia
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251:gasteroid
220:Mycologia
209:in 1917.
197:monotypic
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504:Q3018215
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338:post oak
304:mycelium
269:species
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230:Calvatia
213:Taxonomy
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149:Synonyms
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