| Geastrum coronatum | |
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| Geastrum coronatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Geastrales |
| Family: | Geastraceae |
| Genus: | Geastrum |
| Species: | G. coronatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Geastrum coronatum Pers. 1801
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| Synonyms | |
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Geastrum coronatum | |
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 | Glebal hymenium |
 | No distinct cap |
 | Hymenium attachment is not applicable |
| Lacks a stipe |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is inedible |
Geastrum coronatum is an inedible species of mushroom[1] belonging to the genus Geastrum, or earthstar fungi. Christian Hendrik Persoon published the first description of Geastrum coronatum in 1801.[2]
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Persoon CH. (1801). Synopsis Methodica Fungorum (Göttingen). Vol. 1. pp. 132–133.