Biology:Geastrum berkeleyi
| Geastrum berkeleyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Geastrales |
| Family: | Geastraceae |
| Genus: | Geastrum |
| Species: | G. berkeleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Geastrum berkeleyi Massee (1889)
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| Geastrum berkeleyi | |
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 | glebal hymenium |
 | no distinct cap |
 | spore print is brown |
 | ecology is saprotrophic |
 | edibility: inedible |
Geastrum berkeleyi, or Berkeley's earthstar, is an inedible species of mushroom belonging to the genus Geastrum, or earthstar fungi. Despite being a very uncommon mushroom, it has a wide geographical distribution, having been documented in Northern and Eastern Europe, such as Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark , Estonia, Finland , Great Britain, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland ,[1] Slovakia, Spain , Sweden and Turkey, and parts of Eastern Asia, such as China and Japan .[1] The species was thought extinct in Poland until it was discovered growing in a reserve near Chęciny.[1] G. berkeleyi can be distinguished from other species of Geastrum by the flat bipyramidal shape of the calcium oxalate crystals found on its endoperidium.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jaworska, J (2011). "A new record of the rare earthstar Geastrum berkeleyi from the Świętokrzyskie Mts". Acta Mycologica 46 (1): 75–81. doi:10.5586/am.2011.004. https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/am/article/download/am.2011.004/2227. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ↑ Krisai, I; Mrazek, Ernst (September 1986). "Calcium oxalate crystals in Geastrum". Plant Systematics and Evolution 154 (3–4): 325–341. doi:10.1007/bf00990131.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5529516 entry
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