Geastrum schweinitzii (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Zeller, Mycologia, 1948

Cabral, Tiara S., Da Silva, Bianca D. B., Ishikawa, Noemia K., Alfredo, Donis S., Braga-Neto, Ricardo, Clement, Charles R. & Baseia, Iuri G., 2014, A new species and new records of gasteroid fungi (Basidiomycota) from Central Amazonia, Brazil, Phytotaxa 183 (4), pp. 239-253 : 245-246

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scientific name	Geastrum schweinitzii (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Zeller, Mycologia
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Geastrum schweinitzii (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Zeller, Mycologia View in CoL 40(6): 649 (1948) ( Fig. 5c View FIGURE 5 ).

Description:— Trierveiler-Pereira et al. (2011: 582)

Habitat and distribution:—on rotten wood. Specimens were collected in fragments of old-growth and secondary upland forests, a type of lowland ombrophilous dense forest. It is known from Africa , North America, South America ,

Asia, Oceania ( Ponce de León 1968). Although it is a common species in the tropics, this is the first record for Amazonia.

Specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Amazonas: Manaus, INPA Campus I (Latitude:–3.094986, Longitude:– 59.986811, Datum: WGS84 ), 10 May 2011, Cabral TS 6 ( INPA239986 View Materials ), 19 April 2011, Cabral TS 8 ( INPA239988 View Materials ); Cabral TS 7 ( INPA 239987 View Materials ); 11 April 2011, Ishikawa NK 11 ( INPA240006 View Materials ); INPA Campus III (Latitude:–3.092820, Longitude:–59.994046, Datum: WGS84 ), 11 April 2011, Vargas-Isla R 12 ( INPA 240007 View Materials ); Estação Experimental de Silvicultura Tropical , 10 May 2011, Cabral TS 19 ( INPA239999 View Materials ) .