Geastrales

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Geastrales
Geastrum triplex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Subclass: Phallomycetidae
Order: Geastrales
K.Hosaka & Castellano (2007)[2]
Family: Geastraceae
Corda (1842)[1]
Type genus
Geastrum
Pers.
(1801)
Genera

Geasteroides
Geastrum
Myriostoma
Nidulariopsis
Phialastrum
Radiigera
Schenella
Sphaerobolus

Synonyms[3]

Sphaerobolaceae J.Schröter (1889)

Geastrales is an

fungi) that are related to Cantharellales. The order contains the single family Geastraceae, which includes the "earthstars" formerly placed in Lycoperdales, or Phallales.[4][5]

Approximately 64 species are

classified in this family, divided among eight genera, including Geastrum, Myriostoma and Sphaerobolus. Sphaerobolus species are known as "shotgun fungus" or "cannonball fungus". They colonize wood-based mulches and may throw black, sticky, spore-containing globs onto nearby surfaces.[6][7]

The

germinate
and establish.

References

  1. ^ Corda ACJ. (1842). Icones fungorum hucusque cognitorum (in Latin). Vol. 5. Prague: J.G. Calve. pp. 1–92 (see p. 25).
  2. S2CID 196585804
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  3. ^ Kirk et al. 2008, p. 648
  4. ISBN 978-0-85199-377-5
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  5. ISBN 9780851998268
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  6. ^ Lehman R (1985). "Black spots on houses—an insect or disease problem?". Penn Dept Agric Bur Pl Ind, Reg Hort. 11: 15–16.
  7. doi:10.24266/0738-2898-19.1.21
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  8. ^ Kuhar, F., Castiglia, V., & Papinutti, L. (2013). Geastrum species of the La Rioja province, Argentina. Mycotaxon, 122, 145-156. https://doi.org/10.5248/122.145

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