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Geastrum coronatum (Crowned Earthstar)
Pers. 1801
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Geastrales > Geastraceae
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Blofield TG3309Brundall TG3108Cawston TG1324Cockley Cley TF7904Ditchingham TM3291Earsham TM3290East Bilney TF9519Gayton TF7419Gooderstone Water Gardens TF7602Great Bircham TF7632Holkham Meals West TF8745Holme Dunes TF7144Holme, Bird Observatory TF7145Holt Country Park TG0837Ickburgh, High Ash TL8196Intwood TG1904Keswick Old Hall TG2004Little Plumstead TG3010Little Plumstead, Church woods TG3010Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site TL8294Lyng TG0618Merton TL9098Norton Subcourse TM4098Norwich city TG2205Ringland TG1215Rockland St. Mary TG3204Salthouse Heath TG0741Sandringham Estate TF6928Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site TL8287Saxthorpe Woods TG1132Scolt Head Island TF8046Snettisham TF6934Stockton TM3893Winterton Dunes TG4919Wolferton TF6628Wortwell, Broadwash Farm TM2785

Summary

82 records from 39 different sites
Years (# of records): 1864 (1) 1867 (1) 1880 (1) 1923 (1) 1979 (2) 1980 (3) 1998 (3) 1999 (3) 2000 (6) 2001 (3) 2002 (1) 2003 (3) 2009 (1) 2010 (4) 2011 (1) 2012 (2) 2013 (1) 2014 (1) 2015 (1) 2016 (1) 2017 (4) 2018 (3) 2019 (4) 2020 (11) 2021 (8) 2022 (3) 2023 (1) 2024 (6) 2025 (2)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Geaster limbatus
Associations: Acer pseudoplatanus; Chamaecyparis; Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; Crataegus; Crataegus monogyna; Cupressus; Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii; Fagus; Fraxinus; Hedera helix; Pinus; Pinus sylvestris; Prunus cerasifera; Quercus ilex; Rubus fruticosus agg.; Taxus baccata
Substrates: conifer litter; litter, coniferous; sand; soil; soil & conifer debris; soil (conifer litter)
Finders: A.R. Leech; Andy Bloomfield; Anne Crotty; anon; Ash Murray; Baz Scampion; Caroline Still; Charles B. Plowright; Dorothy Cheyne; E.A. Ellis; Gary Hibberd; Gill Judd; Ian Senior; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Jonathan Revett; Keith Fox; Kevin Walker; Kirby Trimmer; Mark Joy; Peter Lambley; Phil Wilkins; Steve Judd; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley; Trevor Dove; Vanna Bartlett
Identifiers: A.R. Leech; Anne Crotty; Ash Murray; E.A. Ellis; Gill Judd; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Jonathan Revett; Keith Fox; Kevin Walker; Mark Joy; NFSG DNA Team; Steve Judd; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley; Trevor Dove; Vanna Bartlett
Confirmers: Jonathan Revett; Neil Mahler; Trevor Dove
Comments: '1 fruitbody'; '10 fruitbodies'; '11 fruitbodies. JR confirmed by photos on NFSG FB group.'; '24+ fruitbodies'; '6 fbs'; '8 Fruitbodies'; 'About 10 dried specimens on bank of green lane below the hedge'; 'Association noted as Chamaecyparis leylandii'; 'Association noted as Cyparocupressus lawsoniana'; 'Below old sycamore on roadside verge'; 'ID confirmed with spores'; 'In same location as 14th Oct 2023'; 'old fruiting bodies'; 'On a hedge-bank. Source: NCLF Part I'; 'Quercus nearby'; 'Single fruitbody found unattached, and identified by Jonathan Revett from photo on NFSG FB group.'; 'Small group on road bank outside a house'; 'Source: NCLF Part I'; 'Under beech'; 'Under Hawthorn hedge'; 'Under lilac'; 'Under oak'; 'under Pines'; 'Under yew'; 'Very dried specimen.'

Record Details

00/00/1864 Attlebridge; No Grid Ref; Kirby Trimmer; "On a hedge-bank. Source: NCLF Part I"; [as Geaster limbatus]; Lit. cited: 233
00/00/1867 Skeyton; No Grid Ref; Kirby Trimmer; "Source: NCLF Part I"; [as Geaster limbatus]; Lit. cited: 233
14/10/1880 Hillington; No Grid Ref; Charles B. Plowright; "Source: NCLF Part I"; [as Geaster limbatus]; Lit. cited: 233
00/00/1923 Norwich city; TG2310; E.A. Ellis
00/11/1979 Rockland St. Mary; TG3204; Crataegus; soil; anon; E.A. Ellis
00/12/1979 Lyng; TG0618; Crataegus; soil; Peter Lambley; NFSG DNA Team; "Under Hawthorn hedge"; DNA barcoded; Genbank:PZ213131; NWH
; Additional NotesFound in NWH (Fungarium at Castle Museum, Norwich) labelled Geastrum cf. triplex (but no catologue number) by Jonathan Revett who thought the collection was likely to be G. coronatum.

00/00/1980 Rockland St. Mary; TG3204; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
16/01/1980 Intwood; TG1904; E.A. Ellis
22/11/1980 Rockland St. Mary; TG3204; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
14/09/1998 Norwich city; TG221058; Pinus sylvestris; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "6 fbs"
14/09/1998 Norwich city; TG2105; Pinus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "8 Fruitbodies"
12/11/1998 Norton Subcourse; TM4098; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
19/09/1999 Holt Country Park; TG0838; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; Trevor Dove
28/09/1999 Brundall; TG3108; Fagus; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under beech"
29/12/1999 Holt Country Park; TG0838; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
26/04/2000 Earsham; TM3290; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under yew"
13/09/2000 Norwich city; TG2205; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
02/10/2000 Gayton; TF7419; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
11/10/2000 Cockley Cley; TF7804; Pinus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
03/11/2000 Keswick Old Hall; TG2004; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
17/12/2000 Saxthorpe Woods; TG1132; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under lilac"
02/06/2001 Norwich city; TG2207; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
02/06/2001 Norwich city; TG2205; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
23/09/2001 Holt Country Park; TG0838; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
12/09/2002 Norwich city; TG2205; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
09/03/2003 Wortwell, Broadwash Farm; TM2785; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
28/10/2003 Holkham Meals West; TF8845; Quercus ilex; sand; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
02/11/2003 Wortwell, Broadwash Farm; TM2785; Fraxinus; soil; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
24/10/2009 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
00/09/2010 Wolferton; TF660286; Ash Murray; Ash Murray
14/09/2010 Ditchingham; TM324916; Dorothy Cheyne; Tony Leech
26/09/2010 Ickburgh, High Ash; TL810967; Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Association noted as Chamaecyparis leylandii"
23/10/2010 Ickburgh, High Ash; TL810967; Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Association noted as Chamaecyparis leylandii"
22/10/2011 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
06/10/2012 East Bilney; TF953191; Acer pseudoplatanus; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty; "Below old sycamore on roadside verge"
20/10/2012 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
19/10/2013 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
18/10/2014 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
00/04/2015 Holkham Meals West; TF8745; Andy Bloomfield; Tony Leech
26/10/2016 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
07/03/2017 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL8294; Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; soil (conifer litter); Mark Joy; Mark Joy
15/03/2017 Cawston; TG1324; Hedera helix; soil (conifer litter); Mark Joy; Mark Joy; "old fruiting bodies"
01/10/2017 Holme Dunes; TF7145; Pinus; soil; Keith Fox; Mark Joy
28/10/2017 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
27/01/2018 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL820941; Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; soil (conifer litter); James Emerson; James Emerson; "Association noted as Cyparocupressus lawsoniana"
18/10/2018 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL821941; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
27/12/2018 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
20/03/2019 Scolt Head Island; TF807466; Rubus fruticosus agg.; sand; Baz Scampion; Tony Leech
13/04/2019 Winterton Dunes; TG4919; Anne Crotty; Mark Joy; Jonathan Revett; "Very dried specimen."
13/10/2019 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL821941; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
28/10/2019 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
09/04/2020 Holme Dunes; TF715449; Gary Hibberd; Ash Murray; "1 fruitbody"
20/09/2020 Snettisham; TF691342; Taxus baccata; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jonathan Revett
01/10/2020 Little Plumstead; TG307109; Crataegus; soil; Gill Judd; Gill Judd
10/10/2020 Blofield; TG335091; Acer pseudoplatanus; soil; Steve Judd; Steve Judd; "Quercus nearby"
10/10/2020 Merton; TL907987; soil; Ian Senior; James Emerson; "Small group on road bank outside a house"
14/10/2020 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL8294; conifer litter; Mark Joy; Mark Joy
18/10/2020 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
19/10/2020 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL8187; soil; Mark Joy; Mark Joy; VC26
21/10/2020 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL821941; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
28/10/2020 Sandringham Estate; TF6928; conifer litter; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
02/11/2020 Little Plumstead, Church woods; TG306109; Crataegus; soil; Gill Judd; Steve Judd
00/00/2021 Intwood; TG197041; soil; Caroline Still; Tony Leech
09/01/2021 Little Plumstead, Church woods; TG307109; Crataegus; Gill Judd; Gill Judd
22/01/2021 Blofield; TG335091; Steve Judd; Steve Judd
24/03/2021 Holme, Bird Observatory; TF717450; Keith Fox; Keith Fox; "under Pines"
11/10/2021 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL822939; Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii; Mark Joy; Mark Joy
; Additional NotesAssociation originally recorded as x Cupressocyparis leylandii

16/10/2021 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL828874; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
22/10/2021 Snettisham; TF691343; Taxus baccata; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
26/10/2021 Cockley Cley; TF796048; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
12/02/2022 Snettisham; TF691343; Taxus baccata; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
22/03/2022 Gooderstone Water Gardens; TF766022; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; Neil Mahler; "ID confirmed with spores"
21/10/2022 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; litter, coniferous; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
19/10/2023 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL821941; litter, coniferous; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
14/01/2024 Ringland; TG125151; Prunus cerasifera; soil; Vanna Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; "24+ fruitbodies"
18/02/2024 Salthouse Heath; TG077416; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley; Jonathan Revett; "11 fruitbodies. JR confirmed by photos on NFSG FB group."
23/02/2024 Holt Country Park; TG082371; soil; Tony Moverley; Tony Leech; "In same location as 14th Oct 2023"
31/03/2024 Great Bircham; TF769322; Crataegus monogyna; soil; Kevin Walker; Kevin Walker; "About 10 dried specimens on bank of green lane below the hedge"
21/09/2024 Ringland; TG125151; Prunus cerasifera; soil; Vanna Bartlett; Vanna Bartlett; "10 fruitbodies"
05/10/2024 Holme Dunes; TF707446; Gary Hibberd; Jonathan Revett; "Single fruitbody found unattached, and identified by Jonathan Revett from photo on NFSG FB group."
22/01/2025 Stockton; TM389939; Chamaecyparis; soil & conifer debris; Phil Wilkins; Jonathan Revett
21/10/2025 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL8187; Pinus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; VC26

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