Geastrum elegans

Geastrum elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Geastrales
Family: Geastraceae
Genus: Geastrum
Species: G. elegans
Binomial name
Geastrum elegans
Vittad. (1842)
Synonyms
  • Geastrum badium Pers. (1809)
Geastrum elegans
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Mycological characteristics

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

Geastrum elegans is an inedible species of mushroom belonging to the genus Geastrum, or earthstar fungi.

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