Astraeus pteridis

Astraeus pteridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Diplocystaceae
Genus: Astraeus
Species: A. pteridis
Binomial name
Astraeus pteridis
(Shear) Zeller (1948)
Synonyms[1]

Scleroderma pteridis Shear (1902)

Astraeus pteridis
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Mycological characteristics

glebal hymenium
no distinct cap
spore print is brown
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: inedible

Astraeus pteridis is a species of false earthstar in the family Diplocystaceae. It was described by American mycologist Cornelius Lott Shear in 1902 under the name Scleroderma pteridis.[2] Sanford Myron Zeller transferred it to Astraeus in a 1948 publication. It is found in North America.[3]

References

  1. "Astraeus pteridis (Shear) Zeller 1948". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  2. Shear CL. (1902). "Mycological notes and new species". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 29: 449–57.
  3. Zeller SM. (1948). "Notes on certain Gasteromycetes, including two new orders". Mycologia 40 (6): 639–68. doi:10.2307/3755316. PMID 18102856.

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