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Geastrum pectinatum Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 132 (1801) Geastrum plicatum Berk., Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. Ser. 1 3: 399 (1839)
Geastrum tenuipes Berk., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 576 (1848)
Habitat: On soil in woodland, parkland, hedgerows, gardens, dunes, cemeteries and reported from old spoil heaps. Usually associated with conifers such as Cedrus, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Cupressus macrocarpa, Juniperus, Pinus, Picea spp. and Taxus but also with deciduous trees such as Crataegus, Fagus and Fraxinus.
Notes: Occasional but apparently widespread in England, rarely reported elsewhere.
Distribution: E: o, S: !, W: !, NI: !, Other: Channel Islands: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 78240; Wales: K(M) 81161; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 28451
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 254
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 382, pl. 499
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. 90-91, pl. Figs 62/63
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. 90-91, pl. Figs. 62/63
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 2 2: 620 pp. (2000), p. 115
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