geastrum coronatum

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   an earthstar with a bluish spore sac and a purplish brown gleba; at maturity the outer layer splits into rays that bend backward and elevate the spore sac

   Broaderearthstar

Questions about geastrum coronatum

What does geastrum coronatum mean?

geastrum coronatum means "an earthstar with a bluish spore sac and a purplish brown gleba; at maturity the outer layer splits into rays that bend backward and elevate the spore sac".

Is geastrum coronatum a common word?

geastrum coronatum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.