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Geastrum minimumPhoto: Jonathan RevettBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Pallid greyish-brown bulb surmounting a darker brown star-shaped base, non-hygroscopic, which raises the spore sac above the surrounding substrate; solitary or in small groups usually in coastal regions on sandy soil.Dimensions: Unopened bulb 0.75-1.0cm dia; expanded 1.5-3.0cm dia. Fruit Body: Exoperidium whitish becoming more brown; splitting into 6-10 rays, not hygroscopic; endoperidium pallid greyish-brown, sessile, sub-spherical, smooth but often with whitish dusting; peristome bluntly conical, fibrillose and delimited by a weak groove. Gleba: Brown. |
Spores: Dark brown, 5-6µm, spherical, verrucose. Basidia not seen. Odour: Not distinctive. Taste: Not distinctive. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.6: very rare species requiring specific conditions and largely restricted to 1 confirmed site |
| Justification: threatened by erosion at its principal site |
| Threats: inappropriate sand dune management and erosion |
| Action Required: Survey and monitoring; protection against habitat loss and degradation; site liaison and management. |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records
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Total records: 22 |
| Earliest recording: 1954 | |
| Latest recording: 2004 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 20(1); 28(20); 71(1) | |
| Pre-1960: 3 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 19 records |