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Geastrum corollinum (Batsch) Hollós

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Scientific name
Geastrum corollinum
Author
(Batsch) Hollós
Common names
Weathered Earthstar
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Geastrales
Family
Geastraceae
Assessment status
Proposed
Proposed by
Mikael Jeppson
Comments etc.
Mikael Jeppson

Assessment Notes

Taxonomic notes


Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?

Wide world distrubution, occurring in a wide range of habitats. Over all stable populations . Could be assessed as LC.


Geographic range

Geastrum corollinum has a world wide distribution in the temperate zones.


Population and Trends

Widely distributed globally with appr. 1400 records in GBIF database. Potentially stable populations. Recent dedicated search activities for fungi in coastal sand dunes in the Netherlands have shown it to be locally abundant.

Population Trend: Stable


Habitat and Ecology

Prefers dry and warm habitats on calcareous soil: among low grasses and herbs in sand dune vegetataion, in light deciduous woodland, shrub, forest edges; also in nutrient rich litter under Crataegus, Robinia etc and in needle beds under Juniperus. Potentially nitrophiloous.


Threats

Geastrum corollinum is threatened in its exposed localities if grazing is abandoned. In wooded and semi-wooded habitats it might be more resilient.


Conservation Actions

Redlisted in Sweden as EN on the C-criterion and in Denmark.


Research needed


Use and Trade

none


Bibliography


Country occurrence

Regional Population and Trends

Country Trend Redlisted