ORIGINAL RESEARCH
A New Location for Geastrum lageniforme Vittad.
in Poland
Jacek Piętka1, Anna Kujawa2
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1Department of Forest Protection and Ecology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW),
Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
2Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences,
Field Station, Turew, Szkolna 4, 64-000 Kościan, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2012;21(6):1791-1795
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ABSTRACT
Our paper discusses a new location discovered for Geastrum lageniforme in Poland, in Las Natoliński
Nature Reserve. It provides characteristics of discovered fruitbodies and a description of the habitat in which
they were encountered. The location described in the paper is currently the only one of Geastrum lageniforme
known in Poland. The species is presently considered to be critically endangered with extinction.