Geastrum coronatum

Geastrum coronatum
Geastrum coronatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Geastrales
Family: Geastraceae
Genus: Geastrum
Species:
G. coronatum
Binomial name
Geastrum coronatum
Pers. 1801
Synonyms
  • G. limbatum Fr.
Geastrum coronatum
Mycological characteristics
Glebal hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible

Geastrum coronatum is an inedible species of mushroom[1] belonging to the genus Geastrum, or earthstar fungi. Christian Hendrik Persoon published the first description of Geastrum coronatum in 1801.[2]

References

  1. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  2. ^ Persoon CH. (1801). Synopsis Methodica Fungorum (Göttingen). Vol. 1. pp. 132–133.
  • Media related to Geastrum coronatum at Wikimedia Commons
  • Geastrum coronatum in Index Fungorum
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  • EoL Encyclopedia of Life
  • GBIF
  • CoL Catalogue of Life
  • BHL Bibliography of Geastrum coronatum at BHL
  • BioLib Taxonomy, description and photos
  • FirstNature Description and photos
  • nahuby.sk Photos, map of distribution in Slovakia (in Slovak)
  • mykologie.net Photo (in Czech)
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  • grzyby.pl Description and several photos (in Polish)
  • Mushroom Observer Photos