Geastrum berkeleyi

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| genus = Geastrum

| species = berkeleyi

| authority = Massee (1889)

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| ecologicalType=saprotrophic

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Geastrum berkeleyi, or Berkeley's earthstar, is an inedible species of mushroom belonging to the genus Geastrum, or earthstar fungi. It can be distinguished from other Geastrum species by the flat bipyramidal shape of the calcium oxalate crystals found on its endoperidium.

Despite being a very uncommon mushroom, it has a wide geographical distribution, having been documented in Northern and Eastern Europe as well as Eastern Asia.

Distribution

European countries it is found in include Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey. In Asia, it can be found in China and Japan.

The species was thought extinct in Poland until it was discovered growing in a reserve near Chęciny.

==References==

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{{cite journal |last1=Jaworska |first1=J |date=2011 |title=A new record of the rare earthstar Geastrum berkeleyi from the Świętokrzyskie Mts |url=https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/am/article/download/am.2011.004/2227 |journal=Acta Mycologica |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=75–81 |doi=10.5586/am.2011.004 |access-date=2 October 2017 |doi-access=free }}

{{cite journal |last1=Krisai |first1=I |last2=Mrazek |first2=Ernst |date=September 1986 |title=Calcium oxalate crystals in Geastrum |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |volume=154 |issue=3–4 |pages=325–341 |doi=10.1007/bf00990131|s2cid=30524043 }}

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External links

[http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=244707 Index Fungorum]

berkeleyi

Category:Fungi of Europe

Category:Inedible fungi

Category:Fungi described in 1889

Category:Fungus species