Fungus. Photo: George Slickers, unknown place

Fungus. Photo: Jan Sevcik, Czech Republic

Underside. Photo: Malcolm Storey, Berkshire, England

Common Name

Sessile Earthstar

Family

Geastraceae

Notes

Fungus to 3cm across.

Description:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geastrum_fimbriatum

Technical description (page 632) and drawings of hyphae and spores (page 633) in Grgurinovic, C. A. (1997), Larger Fungi of South Australia