Asterophora parasitica
Asterophora parasitica (Bull.) Singer
A species in the family Lyophyllaceae, order Agaricales. Recorded under 1 common name across 1 language.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Lyophyllaceae
- Genus
- Asterophora
What it is called
- Dutch
- Plaatjeszwamgast
Also known as
Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- Agaricus microphyllus Corda, 1840
- Agaricus parasiticus Bull.
- Agaricus parasiticus var. agaricola Fr.
- Agaricus parasiticus var. pallescens Alb. & Schwein.
- Agaricus parasiticus var. pilipes (Sowerby) Pers.
- Agaricus pilipes Sowerby
- Agaricus umbratus With.
- Asterophora microphylla (Corda) Kuntze, 1898
- Fungus pilipes (Sowerby) Kuntze
- Gymnopus parasiticus (Bull.) Gray
- Gymnopus pilipes (Sowerby) Gray
- Merulius parasiticus (Bull.) Purton
- Nyctalis microphyllus (Corda) Fr., 1874
- Nyctalis parasitica (Bull.) Fr.
Others in Asterophora
Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
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