🍄 Family

Diplocystidiaceae

4 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Agaricomycetes › Boletales › Diplocystidiaceae

Astraeus hygrometricus, or false earthstar, is a common hygroscopic ectomycorrhizal fungus found across most temperate and tropical world regions.

Astraeus pteridis is a large hygroscopic false earthstar fungus not considered edible, found in multiple global locations.

Astraeus morganii is a false earthstar fungus found in south-central US and Mexico, closely related to Astraeus pteridis.

Astraeus smithii is a false earthstar species first described to science in 2013, found in central and northern US.

Related Families

Boletaceae 137 species Suillaceae 30 species Gomphidiaceae 9 species Sclerodermataceae 8 species Paxillaceae 4 species Calostomataceae 3 species Gyroporaceae 3 species Hygrophoropsidaceae 3 species

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