taxonID	type	description	language	source
B4602CBDCB5253D3B250B047FF41C50D.taxon	description	Figs 2, 3	en	Yang, Xin, Zhu, Yonggao, Duan, Songjing, Wu, Xingxing, Zhao, Changlin (2025): Morphology and multigene phylogeny revealed four new species of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) from China. MycoKeys 113: 73-100, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.139672, URL: https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/139672/download/xml/
B4602CBDCB5253D3B250B047FF41C50D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Artocarpicola (Lat.): referring to the species growing on Artocarpus.	en	Yang, Xin, Zhu, Yonggao, Duan, Songjing, Wu, Xingxing, Zhao, Changlin (2025): Morphology and multigene phylogeny revealed four new species of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) from China. MycoKeys 113: 73-100, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.139672, URL: https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/139672/download/xml/
B4602CBDCB5253D3B250B047FF41C50D.taxon	description	Description. Fruiting body: Unexpanded basidiomata 6 – 11 mm in diameter, 5 – 8 mm in height, pyriform to ellipsoidal, lightly pink to pinkish buff when fresh, pinkish buff to gray pink upon drying. Expanded basidiomata small sized, 0.8 – 2 cm in diameter, 0.7 – 1 cm in height. Exoperidium: shallowly saccate to deep saccate, dehiscence often less than halfway or halfway down, splits into 7 – 8 lobes at maturity, lobes 2 – 6 mm wide, tapered at the front end, rolled outwards, soft and thin upon drying. Mycelial layer gray pink, without debris, not easily dislodged. Fibrous layer white, tightly attached to the mycelial layer. Pseudoparenchymatous layer smooth surface, flesh-pink, easily exfoliation, dried thin, aseptic collar. Endoperidial body: Globular, 4 – 6 mm in diameter, projecting apically, 1 – 2 mm length, sessile. Endoperidium slightly pink when fresh, pale mouse-gray upon drying, with a smooth surface under the dissecting microscope. Peristome: wide conical, fibrillose, lighter in color than the endoperidium, distinctly delimited. Hyphal structure: Capillitial hyphae: 2 – 5.5 µm in diameter, thick-walled, tawny, unbranched, IKI –, CB –, tissues unchanged in KOH. Exoperidium mycelium layer outside, mycelium hyphae thick-walled, 3 – 5 µm in diameter; fibrous layer in the middle, formed of the interlacing filament tissue, fibrous hyphae slightly thick-walled, 3 – 4.5 µm in diameter; pseudoparenchymatous layer inside, formed of the angular cell structured, 12 – 31 × 7 – 21 µm. Basidiospores: Spherical, (3 –) 3.5 – 4 (– 4.6) × (3.1 –) 3.5 – 4 (– 4.6) µm in diameter, yellowish brown to dark brown, IKI –, CB –; spore surface smooth or ornamentation verrucose, 0.4 – 0.6 (– 0.8) µm in length, Q = 1.01, Q m = 1.01 ± 0.01. Basidia 11 – 20 × 7 – 8 μm, bubble-shaped to flask shaped, with 6 inconspicuous basidial pedicels.	en	Yang, Xin, Zhu, Yonggao, Duan, Songjing, Wu, Xingxing, Zhao, Changlin (2025): Morphology and multigene phylogeny revealed four new species of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) from China. MycoKeys 113: 73-100, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.139672, URL: https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/139672/download/xml/
7DEB6B7DB9B95CEB9ABDD1A319C31A75.taxon	description	Figs 4, 5	en	Yang, Xin, Zhu, Yonggao, Duan, Songjing, Wu, Xingxing, Zhao, Changlin (2025): Morphology and multigene phylogeny revealed four new species of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) from China. MycoKeys 113: 73-100, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.139672, URL: https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/139672/download/xml/
7DEB6B7DB9B95CEB9ABDD1A319C31A75.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Fibulatum (Lat.): referring to the generative hyphae with clamp connections of type specimen.	en	Yang, Xin, Zhu, Yonggao, Duan, Songjing, Wu, Xingxing, Zhao, Changlin (2025): Morphology and multigene phylogeny revealed four new species of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) from China. MycoKeys 113: 73-100, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.139672, URL: https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/139672/download/xml/
7DEB6B7DB9B95CEB9ABDD1A319C31A75.taxon	description	Description. Fruiting body: Expanded basidiomata small to medium-sized, 4 – 6 cm in diameter, 1 – 2.5 cm in height. Exoperidium: shallowly saccate to deep saccate, dehiscence often greater than halfway, splits into 5 – 6 lobes at maturity, lobes 8 – 18 mm wide, lobes long and mostly rolled outward, toughened and thin upon drying. Mycelial layer clay buff to grayish brown when dry, without debris, not easily dislodged. Fibrous layer white, tightly attached to the pseudoparenchymatous layer. Pseudoparenchymatous layer smooth surface, white to cream when fresh, cinnamon-buff to olivaceous to grayish brown to fuscous when dry, not deciduous, aseptic collar, thin when dry. Endoperidial body: Globular, 15 – 25 mm in diameter, projecting apically, 1 – 5 mm length, sessile. Endoperidium of clay pink to clay buff, with a smooth surface and grayish villus visible under the dissecting microscope. Peristome silky fibrillose, color lighter than the endoperidium, distinctly delimited. Hyphal structure: Capillitial hyphae 3 – 6 µm in diameter, thick-walled, olivaceous buff, unbranched, IKI –, CB –; tissues unchanged in KOH. Exoperidium mycelium layer outside, dimitic hyphal system; generative hyphae with clamp connections, thin-walled, colorless, 3.5 – 6 µm in diameter, skeletal hyphae thick-walled to subsolid, slightly yellowish, 3 – 5.5 µm in diameter; fibrous layer in the middle, formed of the interlacing filament tissue, fibrous hyphae thick-walled to solid, 2.5 – 6 µm in diameter; pseudoparenchymatous layer inside, formed of the angular cell structured, 18 – 54 × 10 – 26 µm. Basidiospores: Spherical, 3 – 3.6 (– 4) × 3 – 3.5 (– 4) µm in diameter, brown, thick-walled, to grayish brown, IKI –, CB –; spore surface with ornamentation verrucose, 0.5 – 0.8 (– 1) µm in length, Q = 1.01, Q m = 1.01 ± 0.01.	en	Yang, Xin, Zhu, Yonggao, Duan, Songjing, Wu, Xingxing, Zhao, Changlin (2025): Morphology and multigene phylogeny revealed four new species of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) from China. MycoKeys 113: 73-100, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.139672, URL: https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/139672/download/xml/
BEC2C0C3D975579EA2D35C9B33411D6A.taxon	description	Figs 6, 7	en	Yang, Xin, Zhu, Yonggao, Duan, Songjing, Wu, Xingxing, Zhao, Changlin (2025): Morphology and multigene phylogeny revealed four new species of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) from China. MycoKeys 113: 73-100, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.139672, URL: https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/139672/download/xml/
BEC2C0C3D975579EA2D35C9B33411D6A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Sinense (Lat.): referring to the species being found in China.	en	Yang, Xin, Zhu, Yonggao, Duan, Songjing, Wu, Xingxing, Zhao, Changlin (2025): Morphology and multigene phylogeny revealed four new species of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) from China. MycoKeys 113: 73-100, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.139672, URL: https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/139672/download/xml/
BEC2C0C3D975579EA2D35C9B33411D6A.taxon	description	Description. Fruiting body: Expanded basidiomata medium sized, 10 – 25 mm in height, 15 – 40 mm in diameter. Exoperidium: arched, dehiscence often halfway down, splits into 5 – 9 lobes at maturity, lobes 3 – 10 mm wide, mostly rolled outward to under the outer exoperidial disc, tapered at the front end, turn to soft and thin upon drying. Mycelial layer: pinkish buff, without debris, not easily dislodged. Fibrous layer: white, tightly attached to the mycelial layer. Pseudoparenchymatous layer: smooth surface, cream to pink, not deciduous, aseptic collar when fresh, clay-buff to grayish brown, thinner and soft when dry. Endoperidial body: Globular, 8 – 15 mm in diameter, projecting apically, 1 – 3 mm length, sessile. Endoperidium pale to dark brown. Peristome broadly conical, fibrillose, dark brown to gray, distinctly delimited. Hyphal structure: Capillitial hyphae: up to 4.5 – 6.5 µm in diameter, thick-walled to subsolid, brown, occasionally branched, IKI –, CB –; tissues unchanged in KOH. Exoperidium mycelium layer outside, mycelium hyphae slightly thick-walled to thick-walled, 4 – 5 µm in diameter. fibrous layer in the middle, formed of the interlacing filament tissue, fibrous hyphae slightly thick-walled, 3 – 4.5 µm in diameter; pseudoparenchymatous layer inside, formed of the angular cell structured, 20 – 75 × 13 – 25 µm; Basidiospores: Spherical, 2.6 – 3 (– 3.5) × 2.5 – 3 (– 3.5) µm in diameter, yellowish brown to dark brown, IKI –, CB –; spore surface with echinulate, 0.4 – 0.8 µm in length, Q = 1.01, Q m = 1.01 ± 0.01.	en	Yang, Xin, Zhu, Yonggao, Duan, Songjing, Wu, Xingxing, Zhao, Changlin (2025): Morphology and multigene phylogeny revealed four new species of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) from China. MycoKeys 113: 73-100, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.139672, URL: https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/139672/download/xml/
F10B753D4F075382B51E31425720B618.taxon	description	Figs 8, 9	en	Yang, Xin, Zhu, Yonggao, Duan, Songjing, Wu, Xingxing, Zhao, Changlin (2025): Morphology and multigene phylogeny revealed four new species of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) from China. MycoKeys 113: 73-100, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.139672, URL: https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/139672/download/xml/
F10B753D4F075382B51E31425720B618.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Trachelium (Lat.): referring to the species having a long stipe.	en	Yang, Xin, Zhu, Yonggao, Duan, Songjing, Wu, Xingxing, Zhao, Changlin (2025): Morphology and multigene phylogeny revealed four new species of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) from China. MycoKeys 113: 73-100, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.139672, URL: https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/139672/download/xml/
F10B753D4F075382B51E31425720B618.taxon	description	Description. Fruiting body: Unexpanded basidiomata, 9 – 12 mm in diameter, ellipsoidal to fusiform, white to pink. Expanded basidiomata small to medium sized, 2 – 3 cm in diameter, 1.5 – 2 cm in height, and long stipe (height 0.5 – 1 cm). Exoperidium: deep saccate, dehiscence often halfway down, splits into 5 – 6 lobes at maturity, lobes 5 – 10 mm wide, tapered at the front end, exoperidium attached to the rhizomorphs, soft and thin upon drying. Mycelial layer: cream to clay-buff when fresh, without debris, not easily dislodged, turning to clay-buff when dry. Fibrous layer: white, tightly attached to the mycelial layer. Pseudoparenchymatous layer: smooth surface, cream to flesh pink when fresh, not deciduous, aseptic collar, turning to gray brown, thinner when dry. Endoperidial body: Globular, 10 – 13 mm in diameter, projecting apically, 1 – 3 mm length, sessile. Endoperidium ash-gray, with a smooth surface and buff villus visible under the dissecting microscope. Peristome wide conical, fibrillose, ash-gray to dark gray, distinctly delimited. Hyphal structure: Capillitial hyphae: 3 – 4.5 µm in diameter, thick-walled, slightly yellowish, unbranched, IKI –, CB –; tissues unchanged in KOH. Exoperidium mycelium layer outside, mycelium hyphae slightly thick-walled to solid, 2.2 – 3.1 µm in diameter; fibrous layer in the middle, formed of the interlacing filament tissue, fibrous hyphae slightly thick to thick-walled, 2.5 – 3.3 µm in diameter; pseudoparenchymatous layer inside, formed of the angular cell structured, 22 – 56 × 14.5 – 33 µm. Basidiospores: Spherical, (3.5 –) 3.7 – 4.3 (– 4.6) × (3.5 –) 3.8 – 4.3 (– 4.6) µm in diameter, grayish brown to dark brown, IKI –, CB –; spore surface with delicately echinulate, 0.4 – 0.9 µm in length, Q = 1.01, Q m = 1.01 ± 0.01. Basidia flask shaped, 13.5 – 18.5 × 6 – 9 μm, with 6 inconspicuous basidial pedicels.	en	Yang, Xin, Zhu, Yonggao, Duan, Songjing, Wu, Xingxing, Zhao, Changlin (2025): Morphology and multigene phylogeny revealed four new species of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) from China. MycoKeys 113: 73-100, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.113.139672, URL: https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/139672/download/xml/
