Geastrum saccatum Fr. Fruit body a round, bulblike sac whose outer wall splits, unfolds, and bends back into 4-8 star-like rays. Spore sac 0.5-2cm across, round to flattened with a disc-like depression or mouth area set off from the rest of the spore sac by a distinct ring or shallow groove; buff, dull gray, or brownish, paler at the mouth area; smooth. Spore mass firm; white becoming brownish and powdery. Rays 2-4cm long; upper surface pallid to tan or ochre-brown, undersurface buff to pale tan; rubbery when fresh, sometimes cracking. Spores globose, warty, 3.5-4.5 x 3.5-4.5µ. Habitat singly or in groups around decaying stumps or in leaf litter in hardwood forests or under juniper and conifers. Quite common. Found widely distributed in North America and Europe. Season July-October, but often persisting for months. Not edible.