Geastrum coronatum

Geastrum coronatum is an inedible species of mushroom^[1] belonging to the genus Geastrum, or earthstar fungi. Christian Hendrik Persoon published the first description of Geastrum coronatum in 1801.^[2]

Geastrum coronatum
Geastrum coronatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Geastrales
Family:	Geastraceae
Genus:	Geastrum
Species:	G. coronatum
Binomial name
Geastrum coronatum Pers. 1801
Synonyms
G. limbatum Fr.

Geastrum coronatum Mycological characteristics
	Glebal hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is brown
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is inedible