Asterophora Ditmar
(piggyback or pick-a-back toadstools)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
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No of
ID refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 40 images 1 ident. refs
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Species 12 images
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Unidentified 1 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAsterophora (piggyback or pick-a-back toadstools)
FamilyLYOPHYLLACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Mattock, G. 2002 Fungi upon other fungi grow - Britain’s parasitic toadstools. British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 2: 109-116.

Asterophora (piggyback or pick-a-back toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Asterophora (piggyback or pick-a-back toadstools)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 19 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Asterophora (piggyback or pick-a-back toadstools)
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