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Geastrum spp.
Like puffballs but with an outer covering that opens in a star-like pattern with the "arms" folding back, giving the appearance of little lunar landers, and exposing the spore-filled ball-like center. Spores ejected through the opening of an apical hole.
on the ground, Simla, India
world-wide in distribution
Spotted on Sep 15, 1985
Submitted on Mar 1, 2011
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