Name:		Geaster P. Micheli ex Fr., (1829) page 8 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Geastrum Pers.
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 Geaster affinis Colenso Geaster albidus Speg. Geaster ambiguus Mont. Geaster ameghinoi Speg. Geaster archeri Berk. Geaster arenarius Lloyd Geaster argenteus Cooke Geaster argentinus Speg. Geaster atratus Geaster australis Berk. Geaster avellaneus Kalchbr. Geaster bancroftii Ellis & Everh. Geaster beccarianus Pass. Geaster berkeleyi Geaster biplicatus Berk. & M.A. Curtis Geaster bovista Klotzsch Geaster bryantii Berk. Geaster caespitosus Lloyd Geaster calceus Lloyd Geaster calyculatus Fuckel Geaster campester Morgan Geaster capensis Thüm. Geaster cesatii Rabenh. Geaster coliformis (Dicks.) Pers. Geaster columnatus Lév. Geaster comptus Syd. Geaster coriaceus Colenso Geaster coronatus Colenso Geaster cryptorhynchus Hazsl. Geaster delicatus Morgan Geaster deserticola Speg. Geaster djakovensis Schulzer Geaster drummondii Berk. Geaster dubius Berk. Geaster duplicatus Chevall. Geaster dybowskii Pat. Geaster elegans Vittad. Geaster ellipticus Geaster englerianus Henn. Geaster fenestratus (Batsch) Lloyd Geaster fenestriatus Geaster fibrillosus Schwein. Geaster fimbriatus Fr. Geaster floriformis Vittad. Geaster florissantensis Cockerell Geaster fornicatus (Huds.) Fr. Geaster giacomellianus Speg. Geaster glaber Geaster glaucescens Speg. Geaster granulosus Fuckel Geaster guilfoylei Müll. Geaster hariotii Lloyd Geaster hieronymi Henn. Geaster hungaricus Hollós Geaster hygrometricus (Pers.) Geaster infrequens Lloyd Geaster involutus Massee Geaster javanicus Lév. Geaster juniperinus T. Macbr. Geaster juruensis Henn. Geaster kalchbrenneri Hazsl. Geaster kunzei G. Winter Geaster lageniformis Cooke Geaster leptospermus G.F. Atk. & Coker Geaster lignicola Berk. Geaster lilacinus Massee Geaster limbatum Fr. Geaster limbatus Fr. Geaster linkii Spreng. Geaster lloydianus Rick Geaster lloydii Bres. & Pat. Geaster lugubris Kalchbr. Geaster macowanii Kalchbr. Geaster mammosus Geaster marchicus Henn. Geaster marginatus Vittad. Geaster maurus Massee Geaster menziesii Berk. Geaster michelianus Wm.G. Sm. Geaster minimus Schwein. Geaster minus Geaster minutus Henn. Geaster mirabilis Mont. Geaster morganii Lloyd Geaster multifidus Geaster novo-hollandicus Müll. Geaster ohiensis (Ck.) Lloyd Geaster orientalis Hazsl. Geaster pampeanus Speg. Geaster papyraceus Berk. & M.A. Curtis Geaster pazschkeanus Henn. Geaster pectinatus Pers. Geaster peruvianus Cooke Geaster pillotii Roze Geaster platensis Speg. Geaster plicatus Berk. Geaster pluriosteus Geaster pseudolimbatus Hollós Geaster pseudomammosus Henn. Geaster pseudostriatus Hollós Geaster pulverulentus Wakef. Geaster pusillus Fr. Geaster queletii Hazsl. Geaster rabenhorstii Kunze Geaster radicans Berk. & M.A. Curtis Geaster readeri Cooke & Massee Geaster reinkingii Geaster rufescens Geaster saccatus Fr. Geaster schaefferi Vittad. Geaster schmidelii Vittad. Geaster schweinfurthii Henn. Geaster scleroderma Mont. Geaster sibiricus Geaster simulans Lloyd Geaster smithii Lloyd Geaster sowerbyi Corda Geaster spegazzinianus De Toni Geaster stellatus (Scop.) Wettst. Geaster stipitatus Solms Geaster striatulus Kalchbr. Geaster striatus Geaster subiculosus Lloyd Geaster tenuipes Berk. Geaster thwaitesii Berk. Geaster tonkinensis Pat. Geaster trichifer Rick Geaster triplex Jungh. Geaster tunicatus Vittad. Geaster turbinatus Cragin Geaster umbilicatus Quél. Geaster umbilicatus Fr. Geaster velutinus Morgan Geaster violaceus Rick Geaster viridis Ruffieux Geaster vittatus Kalchbr. Geaster vulgaris Corda Geaster vulgatus Vittad. Geaster welwitschii Mont. Geaster xerophilus Geaster xylogenus Long & Stouffer
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]