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Geastrales
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Geastrales

Geastrales

Geastrales is an order of gasterocarpic basidiomycetes (fungi) that are related to Cantharellales. The order contains the single family Geastraceae, commonly known as "earthstars", which older classifications had placed in Lycoperdales, or Phallales.

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3 branches of this order, most-observed first

Geastraceae

familyGeastraceae

Sclerogastraceae

familySclerogastraceae

Mesophelliopsis

genusMesophelliopsis

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55013.