Geastrum rufescens Pers.
(Rosy Earthstar)

Interactions where Geastrum rufescens 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 [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees 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 rufescens/Geastrum rufescensrosy earthstarfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees

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 rufescens (Rosy Earthstar) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGeastrum rufescens (Rosy 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 rufescens (Rosy Earthstar)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Palmer, J.T. 1955 Observations on Gasteromycetes 1-3 TBMS Vol 38 (4): 317-334.

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Geastrum rufescens (Rosy Earthstar):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 7 images of Geastrum rufescens (Rosy Earthstar)
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