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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895

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Geastrum velutinum Morgan, J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 18 38 (1895)
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Present
New Zealand
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Anon
The name is used in a broad sense for a complex of at least 4 taxa in NZ.

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Morgan
Morgan
Morgan, A.P. 1895: New North American fungi. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 18: 36-45.
1895
38
as 'Geaster velutinus'
ICN
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
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Geastrum velutinum

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Geastrales
Geastraceae
Geastrum
velutinum

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Cunningham, G.H. 1944: The Gasteromycetes of Australia and New Zealand. John McIndoe.

Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895

Plants ovate, bluntly pointed, superficial, attached to the substratum by a central basal rhizomorph, becoming expanded when 3-6 mm. across. Exoperidium saccate, split to about the middle into 5-8 expanded, broad, thick, subequal rays which when dry frequently split into fibrous and mycelial layers; fleshy layer flesh-coloured, umber and rimose when dry; exterior free from debris, covered with brown felted tomentum; base convex, marked with a prominent umbilical scar. Endoperidium sessile, globose or depressed globose, to 2 cm. diameter, brown or pallid tan, minutely furfuraceous or tomentose, lower portion enclosed by the saccate base of the exoperidium. Peristome small, broadly conical, fibrillose, usually seated on a depressed silky zone, concolorous or pallid. Gleba umber; pseudo-columella cylindrical; capillitium threads occasionally branched near their apices. Spores globose, 4-5um diameter, epispore fuscous, 0.75um thick, moderately verrucose. Though abundant in New Zealand the species would appear to be rare in Australia. It belongs to a natural section containing plants which are epigsean in all stages of development, separation from others being made upon the felted tomentum which covers the exterior of the exoperidium.
DISTRIBUTION : North and South America; Africa; Australia ; New Zealand. New South Wales: Kangaroo Valley (1). Victoria: Underbool (4). South Australia: Kinchina (1). Cook Islands: Samoa (2). New Zealand: Taranaki—Ornata. Wellington—Weraroa, det. by Lloyd as G.javanicus; Same Locality, three collections; Botanical Gardens, Wellington (2).
TYPE LOCALITY : North America.

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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Anon.
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Geastrum velutinum Morgan (1895)
Cranwell, E. (1956)
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Geastrum velutinum Morgan (1895)
Cunningham, G.H. (1926)
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Geastrum velutinum Morgan (1895)
Cunningham, G.H. (1944)
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Geastrum velutinum Morgan
Dalrymple, H.K. (1940)
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Geastrum velutinum Morgan
Grgurinovic, C.A. (1997)
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Geastrum velutinum Morgan
Hemmes, D. E.; Desjardin, D. E. (2011)
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Geastrum velutinum Morgan
Kasuya, Taiga; Hosaka, Kentaro; Uno, Kunihiko; Kakishima, Makoto (2012)
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Geastrum velutinum Morgan (1895)
Morgan, A.P. (1895)
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Geastrum velutinum Morgan (1895)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)

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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Australia
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New Zealand
Auckland
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Bay of Plenty
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Buller
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Coromandel
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Dunedin
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Gisborne
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Kermadec Islands
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Marlborough
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Marlborough Sounds
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Nelson
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New Zealand
Northland
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New Zealand
South Canterbury
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New Zealand
Southland
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Stewart Island
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Taranaki
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Taupo
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Waikato
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
New Zealand
Wellington
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Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Solomon Islands
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1 January 2000
26 April 2023
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