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] | |
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.