Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Australian Pepperpot being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Myriostoma capillisporum
- Myriostoma coliforme
- Geastrum coronatum
- Geastrum welwitschii
- Geastrum melanocephalum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Geastrales
- Family
- Geastraceae
- Genus
- Myriostoma
- Species
- Myriostoma australianum
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