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Geastrum clelandii Lloyd 1918

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Geastrum clelandii Lloyd (1918)
Geastrum clelandii Lloyd 1918

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Lloyd
Lloyd
1918
794
as 'Geaster'
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Geastrum clelandii Lloyd 1918
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Geastrum clelandii

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clelandii

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Geastrum clelandii Lloyd 1918

Plants globose, submerged, becoming superficial and expanded when to 5 cm. across. Exoperidium split to about the middle into 8-10 acute equal rays, which are expanded when wet, strongly involute when dry, folding over or under the endoperidium; fleshy layer umber, adnate, continuous, exterior covered with debris held by the adnate mycelial layer; base umbilicate. Endoperidium shortly pedicellate, depressed globose, to 15 mm. diameter, umber, coarsely and closely asperate. Peristome conical, acute, seated on a depressed zone, concolorous or darker. Gleba ferruginous or umber; pseudo-columella not seen. Spores globose or subglobose, 4-5.5um diameter, epispore pallid brown, 0.75um thick, closely and coarsely verrucose.The species so closely resembles the preceding (G. campestre) that separation is possible only on the smaller, differently warted spores.
DISTRIBUTION : India; South Africa; Australia. Victoria: Craigie, det. by Lloyd as G.smithii; Myperfeld National Reserve (4). South Australia: Kinchina (1). Western Australia: Kalgoorlie, Mrs. A. F. Cleland, type collection (1).

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Geastrum clelandii Lloyd 1918
Geastrum clelandii Lloyd
Geastrum clelandii Lloyd 1918
Geastrum clelandii Lloyd

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Geastrum clelandii Lloyd 1918
Australia
Geastrum clelandii Lloyd 1918
Pakistan

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1 January 2001
12 May 2003
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