Geastrum corollinum

Geastrum corollinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Geastrales
Family: Geastraceae
Genus: Geastrum
Species: G. corollinum
Binomial name
Geastrum corollinum
(Batsch) Hollós (1904)
Synonyms[1]

Lycoperdon corollinum Batsch (1783)
Lycoperdon recolligens With. (1792)
Geastrum recolligens (With.) Desvaux (1809)
Geastrum mammosum Chevall. (1826)

Geastrum corollinum
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Mycological characteristics

glebal hymenium
no distinct cap
spore print is brown
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: inedible

Geastrum corollinum is an inedible species of mushroom belonging to the genus Geastrum, or earthstar fungi. First described scientifically by German naturalist August Johann Georg Karl Batsch in 1792 as Lycoperdon corollinum,[2] it was transferred to the genus Geastrum by László Hollós in 1904.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Geastrum corollinum (Batsch) Hollós 1904". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  2. ↑ Batsch AJGK. Elenchus fungorum (in Latin). p. 151.
  3. ↑ Hollós L. (1904). Die Gasteromyceten Ungarns (in German). p. 154.

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