I-Starfish encane (i-Geastrum ubuncane)
- Isigaba: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Ukuhlukaniswa iziqephu: I-Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Ikilasi: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Isigaba esingaphansi: I-Phallomycetidae (Velkovye)
- I-oda: Geastrales (Geastral)
- Umndeni: Geastraceae (Geastraceae noma Izinkanyezi)
- Uhlobo: Geastrum (Geastrum noma Zvezdovik)
- Uhlobo: Ubuncane be-Geastrum (Inkanyezi Encane)
Umzimba wesithelo ukhula ngaphansi komhlaba, ekuqaleni ube yindilinga, u-0,3-1,8 cm ububanzi, igobolondo langaphandle livuleka libe yimisebe engu-6-12 (imvamisa engu-8), ifinyelele ku-1,5-3 (5) ububanzi, kuqala ngokuvundlile, Khona-ke amaningana ephakamisa umzimba wezithelo, igebe phakathi kwawo nomhlabathi ngokuvamile ligcwele i-mycelium. Ubuso bemisebe bumpunga-beige, buqhekeka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi buveze ungqimba lwangaphakathi olulula. Phezulu kunembobo ene-proboscis emise okwekhoni.
I-gleba evuthiwe insundu, iyimpuphu.
Izinhlamvu ziyi-spherical, brown, warty, 5,5-6,5 microns
Ikhula enhlabathini ene-calcareous emaphethelweni amahlathi, ukugawulwa kwamahlathi, kanye nasemaqeleni.
amakhowe angadliwa
Ihlukile kwezinye izinhlobo ngosayizi wayo omncane, i-crystalline coating ye-endoperidium, kanye ne-periostome ebushelelezi.