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Geastrum triplex Jungh., Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. Physiol. 7: 287 (1840) Geastrum saccatum Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 3(1): 16 (1829)
Geastrum michelianum W.G. Sm., Gard. Chron. 18: 608 (1873)
Habitat: On soil or humus and amongst leaf litter, usually in deciduous woodland and reported with numerous trees and shrubs. Also known from dunes, gardens and roadside verges. Occasionally under conifers such as Pinus nigra and also on heathland in debris of Pteridium.
Notes: Common and widespread especially in southern and eastern England, slightly less frequent northwards.
Distribution: E: c, S: o, W: o, NI: o, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: o; Isle of Man: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 41704; Scotland: K(M) 81154; Wales: K(M) 81156; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 81155; Isle of Man: K(M) 81157
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 252-253
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 384, pl. 502
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 344
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Læssøe, T., & Spooner, B.M, British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: an account of the Gasteroid Fungi: 1-255 (1995), p. 108-109, pl. Figs 80/81
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