Name:		Geastraceae Corda, (1842) Seite 104 [Basionym]
Status:		Familie
Taxonomische Position:		Geastrales K. Hosaka & Castellano [Ordnung] Phallomycetidae [Unterklasse] Agaricomycetes Doweld [Klasse] Agaricomycotina Doweld [Unterabteilung / Subphylum] Basidiomycota R.T. Moore [Abteilung / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Reich]
Zugehörige Taxa:		Unterfamilien / Gattungen Anthropomorphus Seger Astrocitum Raf. Astrycum Raf. Bovistoides Lloyd Carpobolus P. Micheli ex Paulet Coilomyces Berk. & M.A. Curtis Geaster P. Micheli ex Fr. Geaster P. Micheli Geasteroides Long Geasteropsis Hollós Geastrum Pers. Glycydiderma Paulet Myriostoma Desv. Nidulariopsis Greis Phialastrum Sunhede Plecostoma Desv. Polystoma Gray Pyrenogaster Malençon & Riousset Radiigera Zeller Schenella T. Macbr. Siropeltis Arx & R. Garnier Sphaerobolus Tode Terrostella Long Trichaster Czern.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index [English language only]
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Landcare [New Zealand] New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]