Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Geastrales Family: Geastraceae
Species: Geastrum striatum DC.
Synonyms: Geastrum bryantii
Geastrum orientale
Common Name: Striate Earthstar


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Geastrum striatumPhotographer: © Chris Stretch
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Cupressus macrocarpa (3)
Taxus baccata (3)
Pinus (2)
Cupressaceae (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (3)
Cultivated/disturbed land: introduced shrub (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (8)
Soil Leaves (3)
Leaf Litter (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Soil Needle (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
August (3)
September (6)
October (4)
November (2)
December (2)