Geastrum campestre Morgan
(Field Earthstar)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGeastrum campestre (Field 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
Henrici, A. 2014 Notes and Records (Apr 2014) Field Mycology Vol 15 (2): 67-70, Rear cover.
Henrici, A. 2006 Notes and Records (April 2006) Field Mycology Vol 7 (2): 66-68, rear cover.

Geastrum campestre (Field 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 campestre (Field Earthstar)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Geastrum campestre (Field Earthstar)

Extinct

EN/B

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