A star-shaped base surmounted by a cream "bulb" found growing solitary or in small trooping groups on soil amongst leaf litter.
Infrequent from late Summer till early Autumn.
In broadleaf woodland in soil anongst leaf-litter.
The fruitbody is creamy-ochraceous, scaly, bulb-shaped, sessile. The brittle outer peridium splits at maturity into 5-8npointed star-shaped rays that reflex back, revealing the cream coloured inner flesh.
The spore mass (gleba) is initially pallid and firm becoming brown and powdery.
Inedible.
