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Geastrum elegans

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Geastrum elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Geastrales
Family: Geastraceae
Genus: Geastrum
Species:
G. elegans
Binomial name
Geastrum elegans
Vittad. (1842)
Synonyms
  • Geastrum badium Pers. (1809)
Geastrum elegans
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Glebal hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible

Geastrum elegans is an inedible species of mushroom belonging to the genus Geastrum, or earthstar fungi.