Asterostroma

Asterostroma
Asterostroma laxum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Lachnocladiaceae
Genus:
Massee (1889)
Type species
Corticium apalum
Berk. & Broome (1875)

Asterostroma is a genus of fungi in the Lachnocladiaceae family. The genus contains 14 species, which collectively have a widespread distribution.[1]

Species

  • A. andinum
  • A. apalum
  • A. boninense[2]
  • A. cervicolor
  • A. cremeofulvum
  • A. laxum
  • A. medium
  • A. macrosporum
  • A. muscicola
  • A. persimile
  • A. pseudofulvum

References

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Suhara H, Maekawa N, Ushijima S (2010). "A new Asterostroma species (Basidiomycota) from a subtropical region in Japan". Mycotaxon. 114: 197–203. doi:10.5248/114.197.