Astraeus pteridis
| Astraeus pteridis | |
|---|---|
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| 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] | |
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Scleroderma pteridis Shear (1902) | |
| Astraeus pteridis | |
|---|---|
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 | 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
- ↑ "Astraeus pteridis (Shear) Zeller 1948". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- ↑ Shear CL. (1902). "Mycological notes and new species". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 29: 449–57.
- ↑ 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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