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Geastrum corollinum (Batsch) Hollós, Gasterom. Ung. 65: 154 (1904) Lycoperdon corollinum Batsch, Elench. fung. (Halle): 151 (1783)
Lycoperdon recolligens With., Bot. arr. Brit. pl. Edn 2 (London) 3: 462 (1792)
Geastrum recolligens (With.) Desv., J. Bot. (Schrader) 2: 102 (1809)
Geastrum mammosum Chevall., Fl. Gén. Env. Paris 1 Edn (Paris) 1: 359 (1826)
Habitat: On calcareous soil in deciduous woodland or hedgerows.
Notes: Apparently rare. Recent collections only from England (Berkshire, East Kent, East Norfolk, West Suffolk and Yorkshire). Reported from Cheshire, Co. Durham, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, West Kent, West Norfolk and Worcestershire but unsubstantiated with voucher material. A single Scottish record (East Lothian). Collected in Wales (Anglesey) in 1998.
Distribution: E: !, S: !, W: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 54323; Wales: K(M) 109854
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
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. 106-107, pl. Figs 78/79
Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Red Data List, Ing 1992); Endangered / B (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006); BAP species
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