Geastrum minimum Schwein.
(Tiny Earthstar)

Interactions where Geastrum minimum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with Ammophila arenaria Marram, Marram Grass Poales: Poaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum minimum/Geastrum minimumtiny earthstarfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Ammophila arenaria/Ammophila arenariamarram, marram grass
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with Pinus nigra Austrian Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum minimum/Geastrum minimumtiny earthstarfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra/Pinus nigraAustrian pine

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Geastrum minimum (Tiny Earthstar) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Geastrum minimum (Tiny Earthstar) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGeastrum minimum (Tiny Earthstar)
GenusGeastrum (earthstars)
FamilyGEASTRACEAE (earthstars)
OrderGEASTRALES (earth-stars)
SubclassPHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Geastrum minimum (Tiny Earthstar)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Kibby, G. 2004 Fungal Portraits, No. 17: Geastrum triplex Field Mycology Vol 5 (1): 3-4.

Geastrum minimum (Tiny Earthstar) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Telfer, M.G., Lambdon, P.W. & Gurney, M. 2000 Recent Discoveries among the Gasteroid Fungi of Norfolk Field Mycology Vol 1 (1): 30-32.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Geastrum minimum (Tiny Earthstar):

Vulnerable

VU/D2

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