Geastrum coronatum
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Species: | G. coronatum
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Geastrum coronatum Pers. 1801
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Glebal hymenium | |
No distinct cap | |
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
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Persoon CH. (1801). Synopsis Methodica Fungorum (Göttingen). Vol. 1. pp. 132–133.