Astraeus asiaticus

Species of fungus

Astraeus asiaticus

Het pho เห็ดเผาะ Astraeus asiaticus in Sakon Nakhon, northeast of Thailand
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Fungi
Division:  | Basidiomycota
Class:  | Agaricomycetes
Order:  | Boletales
Family:  | Diplocystaceae
Genus:  | Astraeus
Species:  |

A. asiaticus

Binomial name
Astraeus asiaticus

Phosri, M.P.Martín & Watling (2007)

Species of fungus

Astraeus asiaticus

Mycological characteristics

| Glebal hymenium
| No distinct cap

| Spore print is brown
| Ecology is mycorrhizal

Astraeus asiaticus is a species of false earthstar in the family Diplocystaceae. Described as a new species in 2007, it was originally found in north and northeastern areas of Thailand, where it grows in sandy or laterite-rich soil in dry lowland dipterocarp forests. The species has a wide distribution in Asia.[1]

## See also[edit]

* Astraeus odoratus

## References[edit]

1. ^ Phosri C, Martín MP, Sihanonth P, Whalley AJ, Watling R (2007). "Molecular study of the genus Astraeus". Mycological Research. 111 (3): 275–86. doi:10.1016/j.mycres.2007.01.004. PMID 17360168.

## External links[edit]

* Astraeus asiaticus in Index Fungorum

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q4811182
* CoL: HVZY
* EoL: 11976706
* Fungorum: 510459
* GBIF: 5462650
* MycoBank: 510459
* NCBI: 554049
* Open Tree of Life: 292003

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