Geastrales - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Geastrales is an order of gasterocarpic basidiomycetes

Basidiomycota

Basidiomycota is one of two large phyla that, together with the Ascomycota, comprise the subkingdom Dikarya within the Kingdom Fungi...

(fungi) that relates to Cantharellales

Cantharellales

The Cantharellales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. The order includes not only the chanterelles , but also some of the tooth fungi , clavarioid fungi , and corticioid fungi...

. It includes the genera Geastrum and Myriostoma.
The common name is "earthstars."

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