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Geastrum minimum Schwein., 1822 (Tiny Earthstar)

1992 (Provisional) Red Data List Vulnerable
2007 (Draft) Red Data List VU/D2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Kibby, G., 2004 (Half-tone photograph from Holkham Dunes, Norfolk) Fungal Portraits, No. 17: Geastrum triplex

General Works

Telfer, M.G., Lambdon, P.W. & Gurney, M., 2000 Recent Discoveries among the Gasteroid Fungi of Norfolk

Geastrum minimum may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
GEASTRACEAE
(earthstars)
Geastrum
(earthstars)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Geastrum minimum is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Ammophila arenaria - Marram, Marram Grass (Poaceae) fruitbody is associated with Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on sandy calcareous soil, in dunes]
Photos fruitbody Pinus nigra - Austrian Pine (Pinaceae) fruitbody is associated with Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on sandy calcareous soil, in dunes]

Associated with Geastrum minimum:

Geastrum minimum may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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