Name:		Geastrum Pers., (1794) page 85 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Geaster P. Micheli (1729) Anthropomorphus Seger (1745) Astrocitum Raf. (1806) Glycydiderma Paulet (1808) Astrycum Raf. (1809) Plecostoma Desv. (1809) Geaster P. Micheli ex Fr. (1829) Trichaster Czern. (1845) Coilomyces Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1853) Geasteropsis Hollós (1903)
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Geastraceae Corda [Family] Geastrales K. Hosaka & Castellano [Order] Phallomycetidae [Subclass] Agaricomycetes Doweld [Class] Agaricomycotina Doweld [Subdivision / Subphylum] Basidiomycota R.T. Moore [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Geastrum affinis Colenso Geastrum albidus Speg. Geastrum ambiguum Mont. Geastrum ameghinoi Speg. Geastrum andrewsii V.H. Blackman Geastrum archeri Berk. Geastrum arenarium Lloyd Geastrum arenarius Lloyd Geastrum argentatum Cooke & Massee ex Coker Geastrum argenteus Cooke Geastrum argentinus Speg. Geastrum asperum Lloyd Geastrum atratus F. Šmarda Geastrum australe Geastrum avellaneus Kalchbr. Geastrum badium Pers. Geastrum bancroftii Ellis & Everh. Geastrum barbatum Dissing & M. Lange Geastrum beccarianus Pass. Geastrum berkeleyi Massee Geastrum biplicatus Berk. & M.A. Curtis Geastrum bovista Klotzsch Geastrum bryantii Berk. Geastrum caespitosus (Lloyd) Lloyd Geastrum calceus Lloyd Geastrum calyculatus Fuckel Geastrum campestre Morgan Geastrum capensis Thüm. Geastrum cesatii Rabenh. Geastrum clelandii Lloyd Geastrum coliforme Dicks. Geastrum columnatum Lév. Geastrum comptus Syd. Geastrum congolense Dissing & M. Lange Geastrum conrathii (Hollós) P. Ponce de León Geastrum coriaceum Colenso Geastrum corollinum (Batsch) Hollós Geastrum coronatum Pers. Geastrum cryptorhynchus Hazsl. & Kalchbr. Geastrum cupulare E. Fisch. Geastrum decaryi Pat. Geastrum delicatus Morgan Geastrum deserticola Speg. Geastrum deylii Pilát Geastrum diderma Desv. Geastrum dissimile Bottomley Geastrum djakovensis Schulzer Geastrum drummondii Berk. Geastrum dubius Berk. Geastrum duplicatus Chevall. Geastrum dybowskii Pat. Geastrum elegans Vittad. Geastrum elliptice Geastrum ellipticus G. Cunn. Geastrum englerianus Henn. Geastrum excipuliforme Geastrum fenestratus (Batsch) Lloyd Geastrum fenestriatus (Pers.) G. Cunn. Geastrum fibrillosus Schwein. Geastrum fimbriatum Fr. Geastrum floriforme Vittad. Geastrum florissantensis Cockerell Geastrum fornicatum (Huds. ex Pers.) Hook. Geastrum fungaricum Geastrum furfuraceum P. Ponce de León Geastrum giacomellianus Speg. Geastrum glaber Lloyd Geastrum glaucescens Speg. Geastrum granulosus Fuckel Geastrum guilfoylei F. Muell. Geastrum harioti Lloyd Geastrum hariotii (Lloyd) E. Fisch. Geastrum hieronymi Henn. Geastrum hollosii V.J. Stanek Geastrum huneckii Dörfelt Geastrum hungaricum Hollós Geastrum hungaricus Hollós Geastrum hygrometricum Pers. Geastrum indicum (Klotzsch) Rauschert Geastrum infrequens Lloyd Geastrum involutus Massee Geastrum javanicum (Lév.) P. Ponce Geastrum juniperinus T. Macbr. Geastrum jurei Lazo Geastrum juruensis Henn. Geastrum kalchbrenneri Hazsl. Geastrum kotlabae V.J. Stanek Geastrum kunzei G. Winter Geastrum lageniforme Vittad. Geastrum leptospermus G.F. Atk. & Coker Geastrum lignicola Berk. Geastrum lilacinus Massee Geastrum lilloi L.S. Domínguez Geastrum limbatum Fr. Geastrum linkii Spreng. Geastrum lloydianum (Rick) P. Ponce Geastrum lloydii Bres. & Pat. Geastrum lugubris Kalchbr. Geastrum macowanii Kalchbr. Geastrum mammosum Chevall. Geastrum marchicus Henn. Geastrum marginatus Vittad. Geastrum maurus Massee Geastrum melanocephalum (Czern.) V.J. Staněk Geastrum menziesii Berk. Geastrum michelianum W.G. Sm. Geastrum minimum Schwein. Geastrum minus (Pers.) G. Cunn. Geastrum minutus Henn. Geastrum mirabile Mont. Geastrum morganii Lloyd Geastrum multifidum DC. Geastrum nanum Pers. Geastrum novohollandicus F. Muell. Geastrum orientalis Hazsl. Geastrum ovalisporum Calonge & Mor.-Arr. Geastrum oxylobum Kalchbr. ex F. Muell. Geastrum pampeanus Speg. Geastrum panjabense S. Ahmad Geastrum papyraceum Berk. & M.A. Curtis Geastrum papyraceus Berk. & M.A. Curtis Geastrum pazschkeanus Henn. Geastrum pectinatum Pers. Geastrum pedicellatum (Batsch) Dörfelt & Müll.-Uri Geastrum peruvianus Cooke Geastrum pillotii Roze Geastrum platensis Speg. Geastrum plicatum Berk. Geastrum pluriosteus Long & Stouffer Geastrum pouzari Geastrum pouzarii M. Staněk Geastrum pseudolimbatum Hollós Geastrum pseudolimbatus Hollós Geastrum pseudomammosus Henn. Geastrum pseudostriatum Hollós Geastrum pulverulentus Wakef. Geastrum pusillus Fr. Geastrum quadrifidum DC. ex Pers. Geastrum queletii Hazsl. Geastrum rabenhorstii Kunze Geastrum radicans Berk. & M.A. Curtis Geastrum readeri Cooke & Massee Geastrum recoligens (With.) Desv. Geastrum recolligens (With.) Desv. Geastrum reinkingii Lloyd Geastrum rhizophorum Dissing & M. Lange Geastrum rufescens Pers. ex Pers. Geastrum rugulosum Dissing & M. Lange Geastrum saccatum Fr. Geastrum schaefferi Vittad. Geastrum schmidelii Vittad. Geastrum schweinfurthii Henn. Geastrum schweinitzii (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Zeller Geastrum scleroderma Mont. Geastrum sessile (Sowerby) Pouzar Geastrum setiferum Baseia Geastrum setosum E. Fisch. Geastrum sibiricus Pilát Geastrum simulans Lloyd Geastrum smardae V.J. Stanek Geastrum smithii Lloyd Geastrum sowerbyi Corda Geastrum spegazzinianus De Toni Geastrum stellatum (Bull.) Gray Geastrum stipitatus Solms Geastrum striatum DC. Geastrum subiculosum (Cooke & Massee) G.H. Cunningham Geastrum tenuipes Berk. Geastrum thwaitesii Berk. Geastrum tonkinensis Pat. Geastrum trichifer Rick Geastrum triplex Jungh. Geastrum tunicatus Vittad. Geastrum turbinatus Cragin Geastrum velutinum Morgan Geastrum victorinii P. Ponce de Léon Geastrum violaceus Rick Geastrum viridis Ruffieux Geastrum vittatus Kalchbr. Geastrum vulgaris Corda Geastrum vulgatum Vittad. Geastrum welwitschii Mont. Geastrum xerophilum Long Geastrum xylogenus Long & Stouffer
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