Geastrum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Geastrum \Geastrum\ prop. n.
     The type genus of the {Geastraceae}, consisting of fungi
     whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments.
  
     Syn: genus {Geastrum}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Geastrum
       n : type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when
           dry splits into starlike segments [syn: {genus Geastrum}]