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Collared Earthstar
Geastrum triplex, the collared earthstar, is the largest common earthstar. Its outer layer splits into four to eight rays, and the ray bases often crack around the spore sac to form a saucer-like collar. It grows saprobically in hardwood leaf litter and humus, often under beech.
Inedible: not poisonous, but tough and fibrous. Reportedly edible when immature, though rarely found at that stage; not a food mushroom.
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