Asterophora lycoperdoides (Bull.) Ditmar
Neues Journal für die Botanik 3 (3-4): 56

Common Name: none

• Description

  For description see Castellano et al.

• Habitat

  Gregarious on rotting Russulas, summer and early fall. Locally common in the far north coast.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  Asterophora lycoperdoides can be distinguished by its white to light brown cap that becomes powdery in age, lack of well defined gills, and growth on rotting mushrooms.

• References

  Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 959 p.
  Breitenbach, J. & Kränzlin, F. (1991). Fungi of Switzerland. Volume 3: Boletes and Agarics (1st Part). Strobilomycetaceae, Boletaceae, Paxillaceae, Gomphidiaceae, Hygrophoraceae, Tricholomataceae, Polyporaceae (lamellate). Verlag Mykologia: Luzern, Switzerland. 361 p.
  Castellano, M.A., Cázares, E., Fondrick, B. & Dreisbach, T. (2003). Handbook to additional fungal species of special concern in the Northwest Forest Plan (Gen. Tech Rep. PNW-GTR-572). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: Portland, OR. 144 p. (PDF)
  McMeekin, D. (1991). Basidiocarp Formation in Asterophora lycoperdoides. Mycologia Mycologia 83(2): 220-223.
  Redhead, S.A. & Seifert, K.A. (2001). Asterophora Ditmar ex Link 1809 versus Nyctalis Fries 1825, and the status of Ugola Adanson 1763. Taxon 50: 243-268.
  Redhead, S.A. & Seifert, K.A. (2001). Proposal to conserve the name Agaricus lycoperdoides Bull. (= Asterophora lycoperdoides (Bull.) Ditmar) against Asterophora agaricoides Fr.:Fr. and Asterophora lycoperdoides Fr.:Fr. Taxon 50: 279-280.
  Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Steve Trudell: Asterophora lycoperdoides (CP)
  • Noah Siegel: Asterophora lycoperdoides (CP)
  • Handbook to Additional Fungal Species of Special Concern in the NW Forest Plan: Asterophora lycoperdoides (D & CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Asterophora lycoperdoides (CP)
  • MushroomExpert.com: Asterophora lycoperdoides (D & CP)
  • First Nature: Asterophora lycoperdoides (D & CP)
  • Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month: Asterophora lycoperdoides (D & CP)
  • Arora (1986): p. 201 (D)
  • Lincoff: p. 738 (D). pl. 12 (CP)
  • Miller & Miller: p. 134 (D & CP)
  • Phillips: p. 78 (D & CP)
  • Trudell & Ammirati: p. 305-306 (D & CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)