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. limbatumFr.

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.

External links

• Media related to Geastrum coronatum at Wikimedia Commons
• Geastrum coronatum in Index Fungorum
• SF Species Fungorum
• EoL Encyclopedia of Life
• GBIF
• CoL ^{[ permanent dead link ]} 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)
• mykologie.eu Several photos (in Czech)
• houbareni.cz Description and several photos (in Czech)
• grzyby.pl Description and several photos (in Polish)
• Mushroom Observer Photos