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| synonyms: Nyctalis porteur d’étoiles, Powdery Piggyback, Stäubender Zwitterling |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown, Grey to beige |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows on other fungi |
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Asterophora lycoperdoides (Bull. ex Mérat) S. F. Gray syn. Nyctalis asterophora Fr. Stäubender Zwitterling Nyctalis porteur d’étoiles Powdery Piggyback Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, subglobose, covered in a clay-buff mealy coating of chlamydospores. Stem 5–10 x 2–5mm, whitish. Flesh grey to dark brown. Chlamydospores clay-buff, subglobose covered in long blunt processes giving a star-shaped appearance, 13–16µ in diameter. Basidiospores (usually only on young gills) white, broadly elliptical, 5.5 x 3.5µ. Habitat on rotting Russula nigricans. Season summer to late autumn. Occasional – more common in wet periods. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe. I especially want to thank MirosÅ‚aw Wantoch-Rekowski for his superb close-ups of this mushroom. |
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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 23 August 2010
Rezerwat Dolina K³odawy.Kleszczewo Poland
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