<em>Asterophora lycoperdoides</em> parasitizing a <em>Russula dissimulans</em> specimen in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/12/1995). (Photo ID: 11313 - Psn: 30)

Asterophora lycoperdoides parasitizing a Russula dissimulans specimen in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/12/1995).

<em>Asterophora lycoperdoides</em> in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/27/2023). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 876214 - Psn: 40)

Asterophora lycoperdoides in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/27/2023). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Asterophora lycoperdoides in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/27/2023). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Asterophora lycoperdoides in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/27/2023). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Asterophora lycoperdoides in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/27/2023). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

View Record Details Photo by cin579 via iNaturalist MBP List

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Status

"This remarkable mushroom, not only reproduces from spores borne on the gills, but it also produces chlamydospores, asexual resting spores, on the cap of the mushroom" (L. Biechele, pers. comm.).

Relationships

"This species seem to be 'species specific,' parasitizing only the blackening group of the Russula family. The host mushroom is soon disintegrated" (L. Biechele, pers. comm.).

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Asterophora lycoperdoides parasitizing a Russula dissimulans specimen in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/12/1995). Media by Lance Biechele.

Asterophora lycoperdoides in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/27/2023). (c) Cindi Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by cin579 via iNaturalist.