Asterophora lycoperdoides    (Bull.) Ditmar 

common name(s) : Powdery Piggyback, Star-bearing Nyctalis 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Lyophyllaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Tricholomataceae/Lyophylloideae/Nyctalideae  

synonyms: Nyctalis asterophora, Nyctalis agaricoides 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Nyctalis lycoperdoides)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Asterophora lycoperdoides
photo gallery of Asterophora lycoperdoides potential confusions with Asterophora lycoperdoides toxicity of Asterophora lycoperdoides genus Asterophora  



Asterophora lycoperdoides is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet .
here should be the distribution map of Asterophora lycoperdoides in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Asterophora lycoperdoides in the forest of Rambouillet



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