AuthorHenrici, A.
Year2006
TitleNotes and Records (April 2006)
TypeColumn
SourceVol 7 (2)
IllustrationsColour photograph
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Reviews the hygroscopic earthstars (Geastrum campestre, corollinum, floriforme) and Astraeus hygrometricus and Myriostoma coliforme.

Agaricus rufotegulus is now known to be identical to A. subrufescens which provides an earlier name.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentAgaricus subrufescensAlmond MushroomFungi: Agaricales: Agaricaceae
For identificationCurrentAstraeus hygrometricusBarometer EarthstarFungi: Boletales: Diplocystidiaceae
For identificationCurrentGeastrum campestreField EarthstarFungi: Geastrales: Geastraceae
For identification, Colour photograph - rear coverCurrentGeastrum corollinumWeathered Earthstar, Weather EarthstarFungi: Geastrales: Geastraceae
For identificationCurrentGeastrum floriformeDaisy EarthstarFungi: Geastrales: Geastraceae
For identificationCurrentMyriostoma coliformePepper PotFungi: Geastrales: Geastraceae
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