Synonymy:
Geastrum hygrometricum Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 135 (1801)

Lycoperdon stellatus Scop. [as 'stellatum'], Fl. carniol., Edn 2 (Wien) 2: 489 (1772)
Geastrum stellatum (Scop.) Wettst. [as 'Geaster stellatus'], Verh. Kaiserl.-Königl. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 35: 576 (1886) [1885]
Astraeus stellatus (Scop.) E. Fisch., in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Teil. I (Leipzig) 1(1**): 341 (1900)

Geastrum hygrometricum β anglicum Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 135 (1801)

Geastrum castaneum Desv., Journal de botanique rédigé par une Société de botanistes 2(2): 101 (1809)

Geastrum duplicatum Chevall. [as 'Geaster duplicatus'], Fl. gén. env. Paris (Paris) 1: 359 (1826)
Astraeus stellatus var. duplicatus (Chevall.) Hollós, Gasteromycetes hungariae, a magyar tudomanyos Akademia megbizasabol: 70 (1903)

Geastrum vulgare Corda [as 'Geaster vulgaris'], Icon. fung. (Prague) 5: 64 (1842)

Geastrum hygrometricum var. paucilobatum Wettst. [as 'Geaster hygrometricus var. paucilobatus'], Verh. Kaiserl.-Königl. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 35: 577 (1886) [1885]

Geastrum decaryi Pat. [as 'Geaster'], Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat., Paris 27: 374 (1921)
Astraeus hygrometricus f. decaryi (Pat.) Pat., Mém. Acad. malgache 6: 35 (1928) [1927]

Astraeus hygrometricus f. ferrugineus V.J. Staněk, Fl. ČSR, B-1, Gasteromycetes: 632 (1958)

Position in classification:
Astraeus, Diplocystidiaceae, Boletales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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