Asterophora lycoperdoides

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Asterophora lycoperdoides
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A. lycoperdoides
Binomial name
Asterophora lycoperdoides
Synonyms [1]
Species synonymy
  • 1784 Agaricus lycoperdoidesBull.
  • 1840 Asterophora agaricicolaCorda
  • 1818 Asterophora agaricoidesFr. & Nordholm
  • 1989 Nyctalis agaricoides(Fr.) Bon & Courtec.
  • 1849 Artotrogus asterophoraFr.
  • 1851 Asterotrichum ditmariiBonord.
  • 1805 Merulius lycoperdoides(Bull.) Lam. & DC.
  • 1889 Nyctalis lycoperdoides(Bull.) J.Schröt.
  • 1898 Artotrogus lycoperdoides(Bull.) Kuntze
  • 1898 Hypolyssus lycoperdoides(Bull.) Kuntze
  • 1933 Nyctalis asterophora f. majorJ.E.Lange
  • 1836 Asterophora nauseosaWeinm.
  • 1874 Nyctalis nauseosa(Weinm.) Fr.
  • 1995 Nyctalis agaricoides f. nauseosa(Weinm.) Bon
Asterophora lycoperdoides
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svg Cap is convex
NA cap icon.svg Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
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Spore print is white
Parasitic fungus.svgEcology is parasitic
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Asterophora lycoperdoides, commonly known as the star bearer, or powdery piggyback mushroom, [2] is a species of fungus in the Lyophyllaceae family. It grows as a parasite on other mushrooms, mainly those in the genus Russula . Its gills are poorly formed or nearly absent. Asexual spores are produced on the mushrooms cap which enable the organism to clone itself easily. The spores are star-shaped, hence the name star bearer. It is regarded as nonpoisonous but inedible. [3] [4]

Contents

Asterophora parasitica is similar but has more conic caps. [5]

Taxonomy

The species was first named as Agaricus lycoperdonoides by French mycologist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard in 1784.

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References

  1. "Asterophora lycoperdoides (Bull.) Ditmar 1809". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  2. "Asterophora lycoperdoides, Powdery Piggyback mushroom". first-nature.com. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  3. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 134. ISBN   978-0-7627-3109-1.
  4. Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. pp. 92–93. ISBN   978-1-55407-651-2.
  5. Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 305–306. ISBN   978-0-88192-935-5.