Geastrum elegans Vittad.
(Elegant Earthstar)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Geastrum elegans (Elegant Earthstar)
Genus	Geastrum (earthstars)
Family	GEASTRACEAE (earthstars)
Order	GEASTRALES (earth-stars)
Subclass	PHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Geastrum elegans is also a member of:
Gasteromycetes - puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc. (via Geastraceae)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	McNeil, D.	2013	Some noteworthy British Gasteromycete records	Field Mycology vol 14 (1): 24-30.

Geastrum elegans (Elegant Earthstar) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Geastrum
(earthstars)

GEASTRACEAE
(earthstars)

GEASTRALES
(earth-stars)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Gasteromycetes
(puffballs, earthstars,  earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Geastrum elegans (Elegant Earthstar)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Geastrum elegans (Elegant Earthstar)

Vulnerable

EN/B

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Geastrum elegans is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)