Geastrum coronatum Pers. |
common name(s) : Crowned Earthstar
synonyms: Geastrum limbatum
edibility : inedible
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The fruiting body is star-shaped with 5-10 pointed rays, incurved downwards to form a crown, and at its centre, a steel-grey spore sac placed on top of a thick and short stalk, and ringed bulge near the base, dark grey to grey-brown, the spore sac being steel grey, with a very short and thick stem. The fertile surface is internal: the spores are released as dust when mature. The spore print is black-brown.It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved and coniferous woods, on a rather calcareous soil. The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet Geastrum coronatum is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
page updated on 14/01/18 |