ʻO ka iʻa hoku (Geastrum fimbriatum)
- Māhele: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Māhele: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa haʻahaʻa: Phallomycetidae (Velkovye)
- Kauoha: Geastrales (Geastral)
- ʻOhana: Geastraceae (Geastraceae a i ʻole Hōkū)
- ʻAno: Geastrum (Geastrum a i ʻole Zvezdovik)
- Type: ʻO Geastrum fimbriatum
Starfish fringed ulu i ka hāʻule i loko o nā pūʻulu a i ʻole "nā apo kilokilo". ʻO ka nui ma luna o ka lepo ma ka lepo alkaline ma lalo o nā kumu coniferous a me nā lāʻau deciduous.
Mai ʻAukake a hiki i ka hāʻule, ulu ia i nā ululāʻau deciduous a coniferous. No ka mea ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā hua me ka paʻakikī, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā ʻano mea kahiko i loko o ka makahiki.
Hoʻomaka mua ke kino hua i ka lepo. Ma hope mai, ua haki ka pūpū ʻoʻoleʻa ʻekolu a (ma muli o ke komo ʻana o ka wai) ʻokoʻa i nā ʻaoʻao. Hoʻomaka ka wili ʻana o nā lau pākahi i ka puka ʻana mai o ke kino hua mai ka lepo.
ʻO ka ʻaoʻao o loko e like me ke kino hua o ka ʻaʻahu ua: poepoe, ʻaʻohe kumu, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi pūpū ʻiʻo pepa, i loko kahi e ʻō ai nā spores; ma hope, puka mai lākou ma ka puka o luna.
Paʻakikī ka pulp. ʻAʻole maopopo ka ʻono a me ka ʻala.
ʻohu no ka meaʻai. Kakaʻikahi.