Geastrum fornicatum (Huds.) Hook.
(Arched Earthstar)

Interactions where Geastrum fornicatum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum fornicatum/	Geastrum fornicatum	arched earthstar				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders					Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			Corylus	hazels	Fagales: Betulaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum fornicatum/	Geastrum fornicatum	arched earthstar				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Corylus/	Corylus	hazels
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum fornicatum/	Geastrum fornicatum	arched earthstar				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			Syringa vulgaris	Lilac	Lamiales: Oleaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum fornicatum/	Geastrum fornicatum	arched earthstar				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Syringa vulgaris/	Syringa vulgaris	lilac					Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			Urtica dioica	Common Nettle	Rosales: Urticaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum fornicatum/	Geastrum fornicatum	arched earthstar				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/	Urtica dioica	common nettle					Rare
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			Larix	larches	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum fornicatum/	Geastrum fornicatum	arched earthstar				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			Pinus	pines	Pinales: Pinaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum fornicatum/	Geastrum fornicatum	arched earthstar				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/	Pinus	pines
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			Taxus baccata	Yew	Pinales: Taxaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum fornicatum/	Geastrum fornicatum	arched earthstar				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Taxaceae/Taxus baccata/	Taxus baccata	yew
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Geastrales/Geastraceae/Geastrum fornicatum/	Geastrum fornicatum	arched earthstar				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Geastrum fornicatum (Arched Earthstar) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Geastrum fornicatum (Arched Earthstar) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Geastrum fornicatum (Arched Earthstar)
Genus	Geastrum (earthstars)
Family	GEASTRACEAE (earthstars)
Order	GEASTRALES (earth-stars)
Subclass	PHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Geastrum fornicatum is also a member of:
Gasteromycetes - puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc. (via Geastraceae)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Geastrum fornicatum (Arched Earthstar)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Evans, S.	2002	Conservation Corner (April 2002)	Field Mycology Vol 3 (2): 63-65.

Geastrum fornicatum (Arched Earthstar) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Geastrum
(earthstars)

GEASTRACEAE
(earthstars)

GEASTRALES
(earth-stars)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Gasteromycetes
(puffballs, earthstars,  earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Roberts, P.	2010	Wildlife Reports: Fungi (Oct 2010)	British Wildlife Vol 22(1): 63-64.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Geastrum fornicatum (Arched Earthstar):

Geastrum
(earthstars)

GEASTRACEAE
(earthstars)

GEASTRALES
(earth-stars)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Gasteromycetes
(puffballs, earthstars,  earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Vulnerable

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