Sphaerobolus stellatus Tode
(Shooting Star, Cannon Fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSphaerobolus stellatus (Shooting Star, Cannon Fungus)
FamilyGEASTRACEAE (earthstars)
OrderGEASTRALES (earth-stars)
SubclassPHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Sphaerobolus stellatus (Shooting Star, Cannon Fungus) :
1: Sphaerobolus stellatus (Shooting Star, Cannon Fungus)
6 Dec 1975 OSGR: SU93 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
on sawdust
Image 1: Discharged and undischarged fruitbodies - top view - magnifiedImage 2: Discharged fruitbodies - side view - magnifiedImage 3: Discharged peridioles - magnifiedImage 4: Undischarged fruitbodies - top view - magnifiedImage 5: Undischarged fruitbody - side view - magnified
2: Sphaerobolus stellatus (Shooting Star, Cannon Fungus)
2 Nov 1975 OSGR: SU93 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
on sawdust
Image 1: Discharged and undischarged fruitbodies - top view - enlargedImage 2: Undischarged fruitbodies - side view - magnifiedImage 3: Undischarged fruitbodies - top view - magnifiedImage 4: Undischarged fruitbodies - top view - magnified (2)
3: Sphaerobolus stellatus (Shooting Star, Cannon Fungus)
12 Dec 1971 OSGR: SE74 53° 60’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Image 1: Discharged and undischarged fruitbodies - magnifiedImage 2: Discharged fruitbodies - magnified
4: Sphaerobolus stellatus (Shooting Star, Cannon Fungus)
8 Feb 1970 OSGR: TG12 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Image 1: Discharged fruitbody - magnified

Sphaerobolus stellatus (Shooting Star, Cannon Fungus) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sphaerobolus stellatus (Shooting Star, Cannon Fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sphaerobolus stellatus (Shooting Star, Cannon Fungus)
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