Geastrum berkeleyi Massee
(Berkeley’s Earthstar)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGeastrum berkeleyi (Berkeley’s Earthstar)
GenusGeastrum (earthstars)
FamilyGEASTRACEAE (earthstars)
OrderGEASTRALES (earth-stars)
SubclassPHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bray, R.J. 2001 Geastrum berkeleyi Field Mycology Vol 2 (1): 34.

Geastrum berkeleyi (Berkeley’s Earthstar) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Geastrum berkeleyi (Berkeley’s Earthstar)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Geastrum berkeleyi (Berkeley’s Earthstar)

Extinct

EN/B

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