Piggyback Fungus - Asterophora parasitica
The small whitish fibrillose cap with mature gills brown; found growing on species of Russula and Lactarius.
Asterophora lycoperdoides has occasionaly been recorded in VC55; it has a powdery cap and reduced gills, and also grows on Russula and Lactarius.
Photograph from top down, in side-view and from underneath showing gills; note habitat and substrate
on Russula and Lactarius species
Autumn.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Lostash
Martinshaw Wood
02 November 2013
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Species profile
- Common names
- Silky Piggyback
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Lyophyllaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 02/11/2013 (Watson, Ashley)
- Last record:
- 02/11/2013 (Watson, Ashley)
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