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Geastrum rufescens Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 134 (1801) Geastrum vulgatum Vittad., Monogr. Lycoperd.: 20 (1842)
Geastrum schaefferi Vittad., Monogr. Lycoperd.: 22 (1842)
Habitat: On soil (usually calcareous or sandy) in deciduous woodland or on heathland. Occasionally on dunes, roadside verges, and unimproved upland grassland.
Notes: Occasional but widespread, most frequent in southern England.
Distribution: E: o, S: !, W: o, NI: !, Other: Channel Islands: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 16870; Wales: K(M) 81163; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 81151
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), as Geastrum vulgatum, p. 384, pl. 503
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. 102-103, pl. Figs 74/75
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