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in color, and dusted with fine whitish particles that also cover the inner surface of the freshly opened rays. The mouth on the apex of the peridium is very small, minutely fibrous, and surrounded by a conical, white disc which is distinctly outlined and radially fibrous (if not deeply grooved). As
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606:Fungi described in 1903
611:Fungi of North America
362:The delicate, fibrous
505:Geastrum leptospermum
479:Geastrum leptospermum
291:Geastrum leptospermum
184:Geastrum leptospermum
141:Geastrum leptospermum
25:Geastrum leptospermum
169:Geaster leptospermus
123:G. leptospermum
308:George F. Atkinson
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322:Description
300:Geastraceae
263:Ecology is
246:Spore print
99:Geastraceae
590:Categories
394:References
326:The inner
89:Geastrales
65:Division:
357:fornicate
304:described
117:Species:
55:Kingdom:
49:Eukaryota
596:Geastrum
555:MycoBank
529:Fungorum
520:Q5529521
514:Wikidata
433:84962204
364:mycelial
328:peridium
282:inedible
215:hymenium
161:Synonyms
148:G.F.Atk.
110:Geastrum
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250:brown
152:Coker
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455:ISBN
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