Asterophora lycoperdoides

*Asterophora lycoperdoides*
Mycological characteristics
Asterophora lycoperdoides Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is parasitic
	Edibility is inedible

Asterophora lycoperdoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Lyophyllaceae
Genus:	Asterophora
Species:	A. lycoperdoides
Binomial name
	Asterophora lycoperdoides; (Bull.) Ditmar
Synonyms
	Species synonymy 1784 Agaricus lycoperdoides Bull. ; 1840 Asterophora agaricicola Corda ; 1818 Asterophora agaricoides Fr. & Nordholm ; 1989 Nyctalis agaricoides (Fr.) Bon & Courtec. ; 1849 Artotrogus asterophora Fr. ; 1851 Asterotrichum ditmarii Bonord. ; 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. major J.E.Lange ; 1836 Asterophora nauseosa Weinm. ; 1874 Nyctalis nauseosa (Weinm.) Fr. ; 1995 Nyctalis agaricoides f. nauseosa (Weinm.) Bon ;

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]

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.

References

^ "Asterophora lycoperdoides (Bull.) Ditmar 1809". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^ "Asterophora lycoperdoides, Powdery Piggyback mushroom". first-nature.com. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
^ 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.
^ Phillips, Roger (2010) [2005]. Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
^ 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.

External links

Mushroom Observer
Asterophora lycoperdoides in Index Fungorum

[urlMycoBank:_Asterophora_lycoperdoides-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.

[Miller_2006-3] 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.

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Asterophora lycoperdoides Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is parasitic
	Edibility is inedible