Starfish small (Geastrum minimum)
- Vaega: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Vaevaega: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Vasega: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Vasega laiti: Phallomycetidae (Velkovye)
- Poloaiga: Geastrales (Geastral)
- Aiga: Geastraceae (Geastraceae po'o Fetu)
- Genus: Geastrum (Geastrum poʻo Zvezdovik)
- ituaiga: Geastrum minimum (Small Starlight)
The fruit body develops underground, initially spherical, 0,3-1,8 cm in diameter, the outer shell opens into 6-12 (usually 8) rays, reaching 1,5-3 (5) cm in width, first horizontally, then several lifting the fruiting body, the gap between it and the soil is usually filled with mycelium. The surface of the rays is gray-beige, cracking over time and exposing a lighter inner layer. At the top is a hole with a cone-shaped proboscis.
Mature gleba is brown, powdery.
Spores are spherical, brown, warty, 5,5-6,5 microns
It grows on calcareous soils along the edges of forests, forest clearings, as well as in the steppes.
mushroom e le mafai ona 'aina
It differs from other species in its small size, crystalline coating of the endoperidium, and smooth periostome.