I-Striped Starfish (Geastrum striatum)
- 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: I-Geastrum striatum (inkanyezi enemithende)
I-Starfish inemigqa (I-t. I-Geastrum striated) ungowomndeni wakwaNkanyezi. Yathola igama layo ngenxa yokufana okunamandla ngokubukeka nenkanyezi enkulu. Inomumo ongavamile kangangokuthi cishe akunakwenzeka ukuyididanisa nezinye izinhlobo zamakhowe. Lolu hlobo luyingxenye yesikhunta - ama-saprotrophs, ahlala emhlabathini wasogwadule noma eziqwini ezibolile naseziqwini zezihlahla. Kwenzeka ehlobo nasekwindla emahlathini axubile, amapaki nezingadi. Incamela ukuhlala ngaphansi kwe-oki nomlotha. Phakathi kwabaqoki bamakhowe, leli khowa libhekwa njengento engenakudliwa.
Umzimba othela izithelo we-starfish enemigqa esemncane utholakala ngaphansi komhlaba ngesimo se-bulbous. Njengoba ukhunta lukhula, igobolondo lamakhowe langaphandle liyaqhekeka, libe nezimbotshana ezicijile ezinombala okhilimu ngaphezulu. Intamo eminyene yekhowe embotsheni eyimpuphu emhlophe iphethe ibhola lezithelo elinezinhlamvu. Ebholeni kukhona imbobo ngesimo se-stomata, eklanyelwe ukukhulula izinhlamvu. Izinhlamvu eziyindilinga zinombala onsundu ocebile. Ngenxa yesakhiwo sazo esinesikhumba, izinhlamvu zingagcinwa endaweni yazo isikhathi eside. Ikhowe linekhanda eliyimbudumbudu kanye nethiphu elinemigqa eyisikwele. I-fungus kulolu hlobo itholakala ebusweni bomhlaba, futhi hhayi ngaphansi kwayo ngokwesiko. Umzimba wamakhowe awunawo ukunambitheka nephunga elibikiwe.
I-starfish enemigqa ingenye yamakhowe ayishumi angajwayelekile kakhulu emhlabeni.
Kwaziwa kakhulu ngabaqoki abangochwepheshe bamakhowe, kodwa ayivamisile ukuwathola ngenxa yokwanda kwawo okuphansi. Ikhowe alinawo umsoco, njengoba lingenakudliwa, kodwa lithakazelisa kakhulu ososayensi bomhlaba abahilelekile ekutadisheni ukuhlukahluka kwesimanje kwamakhowe asendle.