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ASTREUS PTERIDIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest earthstar; the fruiting body can measure 15 cm across when the rays are expanded
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Astreus pteridis" is a kind of...):
earthstar (any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star)