Geastrum schmidelii

Geastrum schmidelii (Dwarf Earthstar) Vittad. 1842 Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Geastrales > Geastraceae Details on: FRDBI (login required); MycoBank; GBIF; Species Fungorum; NBN Atlas Species List Back to Summary
Summary 35 records from 6 different sites Years (# of records): 1984 (1) 1987 (1) 2009 (2) 2012 (1) 2013 (2) 2015 (2) 2016 (1) 2017 (4) 2018 (2) 2019 (4) 2020 (4) 2021 (4) 2022 (1) 2023 (4) 2025 (2) Months: JFMAMJJASOND Associations: Bryophyta; grass; Ligustrum Substrates: fixed dune; sand; sand dune; sandy soil; soil; soil (grass); soil, sand; soil, turf Finders: Andy Bloomfield; David Shute; foray; Garth Coupland; Hans Watson; Ian Senior; Irene Boston; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Jonathan Revett; Kevin Walker; Mark Joy; Martyn Ainsworth; R.E. Evans; Ste Lewis Identifiers: Andy Bloomfield; David Shute; Hans Watson; Ian Senior; Irene Boston; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Jonathan Revett; Kevin Walker; Mark Joy; Martyn Ainsworth; R.E. Evans; Ste Lewis; Tony Leech Confirmer: Tony Leech Comments: '20+ fbs'; '9 fbs'; 'At least 30 specimens. TL845799 is in VC26 (West Suffolk).'; 'Near privet bushes on sandy soil.'; 'On fixed dune. Row of 14 near the boardwalk.'; 'With moss'
Record Details 00/10/1984 Holkham Meals East; TF9045; Ligustrum; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "Near privet bushes on sandy soil." 20/12/1987 Holkham Meals West; TF8745; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans 29/10/2009 Holkham Meals West; TF8645; Martyn Ainsworth; Martyn Ainsworth 30/10/2009 Burnham Overy Dunes; TF858457; soil, sand; Martyn Ainsworth; Martyn Ainsworth 25/11/2012 Burnham Overy Dunes; TF857457; soil, sand; Garth Coupland; Hans Watson; Tony Leech 01/01/2013 Burnham Overy Dunes; TF8545; sand; Hans Watson; Tony Leech 14/11/2013 Burnham Overy Dunes; TF859456; sand; Andy Bloomfield; Andy Bloomfield; "9 fbs" 00/04/2015 Holkham Meals West; TF8745; Andy Bloomfield; Tony Leech 18/10/2015 Burnham Overy Dunes; TF8545; soil, sand; foray; Tony Leech 28/11/2016 Burnham Overy Dunes; TF8545; soil, turf; Mark Joy; Mark Joy 31/03/2017 Holkham Meals West; TF884451; sand dune; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett 18/09/2017 Burnham Overy Dunes; TF8545; soil; Mark Joy; Mark Joy 14/10/2017 Holkham Meals West; TF869456; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly 23/10/2017 Holkham Meals West; TF884451; sand dune; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett 25/10/2018 Holkham Meals West; TF884451; sand dune; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett 06/11/2018 Holkham Meals West; TF876454; sand; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly 05/01/2019 Holkham Meals West; TF868454; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly 05/10/2019 Burnham Overy Dunes; TF858457; sand; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; "20+ fbs" 05/10/2019 Holkham Meals West; TF862457; David Shute; David Shute 17/10/2019 Holkham Meals West; TF884451; sand dune; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett 13/09/2020 Burnham Overy Staithe; TF858457; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly 04/10/2020 Holkham Meals West; TF857457; sandy soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; "On fixed dune. Row of 14 near the boardwalk." 18/10/2020 Thetford Heath; TL845799; fixed dune; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "At least 30 specimens. TL845799 is in VC26 (West Suffolk)."; VC26 26/10/2020 Holkham Meals West; TF8845; sandy soil; Mark Joy; Mark Joy; "With moss" 15/09/2021 Holkham Meals West; TF875455; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly 25/09/2021 Holkham Meals West; TF858457; Kevin Walker; Kevin Walker 09/10/2021 Holkham Meals West; TF876455; Ian Senior; Ian Senior 28/10/2021 Burnham Overy Dunes; TF884451; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett 04/12/2022 Burnham Overy Dunes; TF857457; Bryophyta; soil; Irene Boston; Irene Boston 20/04/2023 Snettisham Beach; TF648305; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; Lit. cited: 132 01/10/2023 Holkham Meals West; TF884451; sandy soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett 28/10/2023 Burnham Overy Dunes; TF8645; sand dune; Irene Boston; Irene Boston 03/11/2023 Holkham Meals West; TF857458; Ste Lewis; Ste Lewis 14/10/2025 Holkham Meals West; TF858456; grass; soil, sand; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett 04/11/2025 Thetford Heath; TL8479; soil (grass); Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; VC26

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