Earth Stars

Geastraceae

Geastraceae (Earth Stars) is a family of Fungi.

EOL has data for 15 attributes, including:

fruiting body form
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fruitbodyform
- Definition: morphological characteristic of the fruiting body
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gasteroid fungi
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q97292876
- Definition: fungi that produce and mature spores on the inside of the fruiting body
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number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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osmotroph
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2601246
- Definition: uptake of dissolved organic compounds by osmosis for nutrition
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of earth stars. View this species on GBIF

The environments in which many earth stars species are known to live. Select an environment to see its earth stars species checklist.

The environments in which many earth stars species are known to live. Select an environment to see its earth stars species checklist.