Geastrum huneckii is a species of earthstar fungus in the family Geastraceae. Found in Mongolia, it was formally described as a new species in 1981 by German mycologist Heinrich Dörfelt. The species epithet honours his colleague Siegfried Huneck. Characteristics of the fungus include its hygroscopic exoperidium with four rays, a white endoperidium with a well-delimited peristome, and basidiospores measuring 5.5–6.5 μm in diameter.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Geastrales |
| Family: | Geastraceae |
| Genus: | Geastrum |
| Species: | G. huneckii
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| Binomial name | |
| Geastrum huneckii Dörfelt (1981)
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References edit
- ^ Dörfelt, H. (1981). "Mykogeographisch interessante Gasteromyceten-Funde" [Mycogeographically interesting gasteromycete finds]. Boletus (in German). 5 (1): 15–20.
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