Geastrum berkeleyi
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]
| Geastrum berkeleyi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Geastrales |
| Family: | Geastraceae |
| Genus: | Geastrum |
| Species: | G. berkeleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Geastrum berkeleyi Massee (1889) | |
Geastrum berkeleyi | |
|---|---|
 | Glebal hymenium |
 | No distinct cap |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is inedible |
References
- 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. 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. S2CID 30524043.
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