Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Geastrales Family: Geastraceae
Species: Geastrum triplex Jungh.
Synonyms: Geastrum cryptorhynchum
Geastrum kalchbrenneri
Geastrum michelianum
Geastrum pillotii
Geastrum saccatum
Common Name: Collared Earthstar


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Geastrum triplexPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (11)
Quercus (3)
Corylus avellana (3)
Ligustrum ovalifolium (2)
Cupressus macrocarpa (2)
Betula pendula (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Ligustrum (1)
Alnus (1)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Taxus baccata (1)
Tilia (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (10)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (4)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Woodland (3)
Woodland: mixed (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Bog: raised (1)
Boundaries: intact hedges, species-poor (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (25)
Soil Leaves (6)
Leaf Litter (4)
Soil Needle (4)
Gravel path (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (8)
February (1)
March (2)
April (3)
May (1)
August (6)
September (13)
October (36)
November (13)
December (8)