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Geastrum fornicatum (Huds.) Hook., Fl. londin. Edn 2 4: 575 (1821) Lycoperdon fornicatum Huds., Fl. Angl. 2: 644 (1778)
Habitat: On soil in woodland or in hedgerows with deciduous or coniferous trees. Known with Corylus, Fagus, Larix, Pinus spp. and Taxus. Rarely reported with Urtica dioica in nettlebeds and single records with Alnus in a fen, and Syringa vulgaris in a garden.
Notes: Occasional in England. Rarely reported elsewhere.
Distribution: E: o, W: !, ROI: ?, Other: Channel Islands: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 44775; Wales: K(M) 81153; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 37241
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 254
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 343
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. 96-97, pl. Figs 68/69
Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Red Data List, Ing 1992); removed from list (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)
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