Geastrum elegans Vittad.
(Elegant Earthstar)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGeastrum elegans (Elegant Earthstar)
GenusGeastrum (earthstars)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
McNeil, D. 2013 Some noteworthy British Gasteromycete records Field Mycology vol 14 (1): 24-30.

Geastrum elegans (Elegant Earthstar) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Geastrum elegans (Elegant Earthstar)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Geastrum elegans (Elegant Earthstar)

Vulnerable

EN/B

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