Asterophora lycoperdoides (Bulliard) Ditner    
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Basidiomycota   >   Class Agaricomycetes   >   Order Agaricales   >   Family Lyophyllaceae   >   Genus Asterophora   

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"This remarkable mushroom, not only reproduces from spores borne on the gills, but it also produces chlamydospores, asexual resting spores, on the cap of the mushroom" (L. Biechele, pers. comm.).

Relationships:

"This species seem to be 'species specific,' parasitizing only the blackening group of the Russula family. The host mushroom is soon disintegrated" (L. Biechele, pers. comm.).

There are 2 records in the project database.

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Asterophora lycoperdoides parasitizing a Russula dissimulans specimen in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/12/1995). Photo by Lance Biechele. (MBP list)

Asterophora lycoperdoides in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/27/2023). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by cin579 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Asterophora lycoperdoides in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/27/2023). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by cin579 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Asterophora lycoperdoides in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/27/2023). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by cin579 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Asterophora lycoperdoides in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/27/2023). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by cin579 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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