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A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.

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  1. n. A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
  2. n. any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star
  3. A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
  4. A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outercoating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms aball containing the dustlike spores.
  5. n any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star