| Phylum: Basidiomycota | Class: Basidiomycetes |
| Order: Lycoperdales | Family: Geastraceae |
| Species: Geastrum pectinatum Pers. | |
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Geastrum plicatum Geastrum tenuipes |
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Provisional European Red List: C - Scattered Populations, some extinctions. Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species |
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Photographer: © David Mitchel |
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| Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Cupressus macrocarpa (7) Cedrus libani (2) Crataegus monogyna (2) |
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| Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3) Boundaries: intact hedges, species-poor (2) Lowland hazel-sessile oakwoods (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) |
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| Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Needle (8) Soil (3) |
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| Months recorded in & number of records: March (1) May (1) August (1) October (4) November (4) December (1) |
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