Name:		Geastraceae Corda, (1842) page 104 [basionym]
Status:		Family
Taxonomic position:		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:		Subfamilies / Genera 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
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]