Geastrum corollinum is an inedible species of mushroom belonging to the genus Geastrum,[2] or earthstar fungi. First described scientifically by German naturalist August Johann Georg Karl Batsch in 1792 as Lycoperdon corollinum,[3] it was transferred to the genus Geastrum by László Hollós in 1904.[4]
| Geastrum corollinum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Geastrales |
| Family: | Geastraceae |
| Genus: | Geastrum |
| Species: | G. corollinum
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| Binomial name | |
| Geastrum corollinum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lycoperdon corollinum Batsch (1783) | |
Geastrum corollinum | |
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 | Glebal hymenium |
 | No distinct cap |
 | Hymenium attachment is not applicable |
| Lacks a stipe |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is inedible |
References
edit- ^ "Geastrum corollinum (Batsch) Hollós 1904". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
- ^ Batsch AJGK. Elenchus fungorum (in Latin). p. 151.
- ^ Hollós L. (1904). Die Gasteromyceten Ungarns (in German). p. 154.
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