Species of Geastrum (Basidiomycotina: Geastraceae) from Mexico

Authors

  • Evangelina Pérez-Silva Laboratorio de Micología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México, D.F., México
  • Teófilo Herrera Laboratorio de Micología, Departamento de Botánica, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México, D.F., México
  • Martín Esqueda Valle Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. Hermosillo, Sonora, México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.1999.3.888

Keywords:

Geastrum, Gasteromycetes, taxonomy, distribution, ecological notes

Abstract

present contribution lists the habitat and distribution of the species in México and some outstanding aspects of their
ecological relations. Scanning electrón microscopy studies have been done to get more information on the fine structure of
capillitium and spores of the Mexican specimens. The species reported herein are: G. campestre, G. coronatum, G.
fimbriatum, G. floriforme, G. fornicatum, G. javanicum, G. lageniforme, G. mínimum, G. pectinatum, G. quadrifidum, G.
saccatum, G. schweinitzii, G. triplex, and G. xerophilum. Some aspects of their ethnomycological importance taken from the
literature are indicated.

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Pérez-Silva, E., Herrera, T., & Esqueda Valle, M. (2016). Species of Geastrum (Basidiomycotina: Geastraceae) from Mexico. Scientia Fungorum, 3(15), 89–104. https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.1999.3.888

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