Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Family Geastraceae Scientific name Geastrum corollinum | Division Basidiomycota Order Geastrales Genus Geastrum Rank Species | |
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Similar Geastrum elegans, Geastrum coronatum, Geastrum minimum, Geastrum striatum, Geastrum pectinatum | ||
Geastrum corollinum fungi kingdom
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, it was transferred to the genus Geastrum by László Hollós in 1904.
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