GEASTRACEAE Corda
(earthstars)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Geastrum earthstars	Genus	14 subtaxa	165 images	23 ident. refs
Myriostoma a genus of fungi	Genus	1 subtaxa		4 ident. refs
Sphaerobolus stellatus Shooting Star, Cannon Fungus	Species		12 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	GEASTRACEAE (earthstars)
Order	GEASTRALES (earth-stars)
Subclass	PHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

GEASTRACEAE is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	Pegler, D.N., Laessoe, T. & Spooner, B.M.	1995	* British Puffballs, Earthstars & Stinkhorns *(Superseded)	255pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

GEASTRACEAE (earthstars) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

GEASTRALES
(earth-stars)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for GEASTRACEAE (earthstars)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 92 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for GEASTRACEAE (earthstars)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

GEASTRACEAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)