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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)
Asterophora
(piggyback or pick-a-back toadstools)
Asterophora parasitica
(Silky Piggyback)
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Asterophora parasitica (Bull.) Singer, 1951 (Silky Piggyback)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Asterophora parasitica Fruitbody 7 October 1987 Berks England 9

Suggested Literature

Asterophora parasitica may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)		 BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)		 BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)		 AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)		 AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)		 TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)		 Asterophora
(piggyback or pick-a-back toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Asterophora parasitica is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Russula - brittlegill toadstools, russulas (Russulales: Russulaceae) fruitbody parasitises moribund fruitbody UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Russula - brittlegill toadstools, russulas (Russulales: Russulaceae) fruitbody parasitises decayed fruitbody UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Russula densifolia - Crowded Brittlegill (Russulales: Russulaceae) fruitbody parasitises decayed fruitbody UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Russula densifolia - Crowded Brittlegill (Russulales: Russulaceae) fruitbody parasitises moribund fruitbody UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Russula fellea - Geranium Brittlegill, Geranium-scented Russula (Russulales: Russulaceae) fruitbody parasitises decayed fruitbody UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Russula fellea - Geranium Brittlegill, Geranium-scented Russula (Russulales: Russulaceae) fruitbody parasitises moribund fruitbody UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Russula foetens - Stinking Brittlegill, Foetid Russula (Russulales: Russulaceae) fruitbody parasitises moribund fruitbody UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Russula foetens - Stinking Brittlegill, Foetid Russula (Russulales: Russulaceae) fruitbody parasitises decayed fruitbody UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Russula nigricans - Blackening Brittlegill, Blackening Russula (Russulales: Russulaceae) fruitbody parasitises decayed fruitbody UK/Ireland Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Russula nigricans - Blackening Brittlegill, Blackening Russula (Russulales: Russulaceae) fruitbody parasitises moribund fruitbody UK/Ireland Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Asterophora parasitica:

Asterophora parasitica may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)		 BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)		 AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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