Geastraceae
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The earthstars are the family Geastraceae of gasterocarpic basidiomycetes (mushrooms). It includes the genera Geastrum and Myriostoma. About 60 species are classified in this family, divided among 8 genera.
Older classifications place this family in the order Lycoperdales, but more recently they have been placed in Phallales.
One member of this family, Sphaerobolus stellatus, is a nuisance organism in landscapes known as "shotgun fungus" or "cannonball fungus", which colonizes wood-based mulches and may throw black spore-containing globs onto nearby painted surfaces.
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