Fringed Starfish (Geastrum fimbriatum)
- Gawo: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Kugawikana: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Kalasi: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Kagulu: Phallomycetidae (Velkovye)
- Order: Geastrales (Geastral)
- Banja: Geastraceae (Geastraceae kapena Nyenyezi)
- Geastrum (Geastrum kapena Zvezdovik)
- Type: Geastrum fimbriatum (Nsomba za Starfish)
Mbalame za Starfish imamera m'dzinja m'magulu kapena "mphete zamatsenga". Makamaka pazinyalala pa dothi lamchere pansi pa mitengo ya coniferous ndi yophukira.
Kuyambira mu Ogasiti mpaka autumn, imamera m'nkhalango zotsika komanso za coniferous. Popeza zipatso siziwola movutikira, zitsanzo zakale zimatha kupezeka chaka chonse.
Thupi la fruiting poyamba limamera pansi. Pambuyo pake, chipolopolo cholimba cha zigawo zitatu chimasweka ndipo (chifukwa cha kuyamwa kosiyanasiyana kwa madzi) chimasiyanitsidwa ndi mbali. Masamba amodzi amayamba kupindika pamene thupi la zipatso limatuluka pansi.
Mbali yamkati imafanana ndi thupi la fruiting la raincoat: kuzungulira, popanda tsinde, lotsekedwa mu chipolopolo chochepa cha pepala, mkati mwake momwe spores zimapsa; kenako amatuluka kudzera pobowola pamwamba.
Zamkati ndizovuta. Kukoma ndi kununkhiza sikumveka.
Bowa chakudya. Zimachitika kawirikawiri.