Rogers Mushrooms - Geastrum pectinatum Mushroom


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Geastrum pectinatum. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

synonyms: Kamm-Erdstern

Ref No: 7769
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location: North America

edibility: Inedible

fungus colour: Grey to beige

normal size: 5-15cm

cap type: Other

stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent

spore colour: Light to dark brown

habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Geastrum pectinatum Pers. Kamm-Erdstern. Fruit body opening to 3–6cm across, outer wall splitting into 6–12 pointed brown rays which become irregularly cracked. Spore sac on a slender stalk 5–6mm long, lead-grey, opening by a central pore surmounting a conical, furrowed mouth. Spores dark brown, globose and warted, 4–7um in diameter. Habitat on soil in coniferous, more rarely deciduous, woods. Season autumn. Rare. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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