Rosy Earthstar

Geastrum rufescens

Deciduous and coniferous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. At first globose, 5-8 (10) cm across, later the exoperidium splits into 6-7 rays, sometimes more. The rays have a pink tinge, when old brown, thick, fleshy, firm, rough, encrusted with soil on the outside. The endoperidium is an ovoid or globose body, 2-3 cm across, with or without an inconspicuous opening, greyish, reddish or dark brown. Gleba dark brown. Grows in forests, singly or several fruiting bodies together.