Geastrum triplex    Jungh. 

common name(s) : Collared Earthstar, Triple Earthstar 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Phallomycetidae/Geastrales/Geastraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Gasteromycetideae/Lycoperdales/Gaestraceae  

synonyms: Geaster triplex 

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Geastrum triplex
photo gallery of Geastrum triplex potential confusions with Geastrum triplex toxicity of Geastrum triplex genus Geastrum  

The fruiting body is star-shaped with 5-7 rays, curving back underneath to form a sauce, and at its centre, a spore sac without stalk but with a collar, with beige to red-brown rays, the spore sac being pale grey-brown, without stem.

The fertile surface is internal: the spores are released as dust when mature. The spore print is dark brown.

It grows on the ground, more often in broad-leaved woods, also in parks and coniferous woods.

The fruiting period takes place from August to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 8 cm (between 2 and 15 cm)
  total height approximately 3.5 cm (between 2 and 5 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Geastrum triplex is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Geastrum triplex in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Geastrum triplex in the forest of Rambouillet



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