Asterostroma

Asterostroma
Asterostroma laxum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Peniophoraceae
Genus:	Asterostroma Massee (1889)
Type species
Corticium apalum Berk. & Broome (1875)

Asterostroma is a genus of fungi in the Peniophoraceae family. The genus contains 26 species, which collectively have a widespread distribution. ^[1]

Species

1. Asterostroma andinum Pat.
2. Asterostroma apalum (Berk. & Broome) Massee
3. Asterostroma bambusicola S.L. Liu & S.H. He
4. Asterostroma boninense ^[2] Suhara & N. Maek.
5. Asterostroma bruchii Speg.
6. Asterostroma cervicolor (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Massee
7. Asterostroma cremeofulvum Parmasto
8. Asterostroma degenerans Bres.
9. Asterostroma echinosporum Boidin, Lanq. & Gilles
10. Asterostroma fulvum Romell
11. Asterostroma gracile Burt
12. Asterostroma indicum A.B. De
13. Asterostroma laxum Bres.
14. Asterostroma macrosporum N. Maek. & Suhara
15. Asterostroma medium Bres.
16. Asterostroma muscicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Massee
17. Asterostroma olivaceum Rick
18. Asterostroma persimile Wakef.
19. Asterostroma praeacutosporum Boidin, Lanq. & Gilles
20. Asterostroma pseudofulvum Parmasto
21. Asterostroma sordidum Rick
22. Asterostroma spiniferum Burt
23. Asterostroma spinososporum Boidin, Lanq. & Gilles
24. Asterostroma stelligerum (Speg.) Speg.
25. Asterostroma vararioides S.L. Liu & S.H. He
26. Asterostroma viridiflavum Rick

References

1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p.  65. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
2. Suhara H, Maekawa N, Ushijima S (2010). "A new Asterostroma species (Basidiomycota) from a subtropical region in Japan". Mycotaxon. 114: 197–203. doi: 10.5248/114.197 .

External links

• Asterostroma in Index Fungorum