Astraeus smithii is a species of false earthstar in the family Diplocystaceae. It was described as new to science in 2013. The specific epithet honors American mycologist Alexander H. Smith. The fungus is found in the central and northern United States, where it grows on the ground at forest edges and open areas.[1]
astraeus, smithii, species, false, earthstar, family, diplocystaceae, described, science, 2013, specific, epithet, honors, american, mycologist, alexander, smith, fungus, found, central, northern, united, states, where, grows, ground, forest, edges, open, area. Astraeus smithii is a species of false earthstar in the family Diplocystaceae It was described as new to science in 2013 The specific epithet honors American mycologist Alexander H Smith The fungus is found in the central and northern United States where it grows on the ground at forest edges and open areas 1 Astraeus smithii Astraeus smithii Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Fungi Division Basidiomycota Class Agaricomycetes Order Boletales Family Diplocystaceae Genus Astraeus Species A smithii Binomial name Astraeus smithiiWatling M P Martin amp Phosri 2013 References edit Phosri C Martin MP Watling R 2013 Astraeus hidden dimensions PDF IMA Fungus 4 2 347 56 doi 10 5598 imafungus 2013 04 02 13 PMC 3905946 PMID 24563840 nbsp External links editAstraeus smithii in Index Fungorum nbsp This Boletales related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Astraeus smithii amp oldid 1199146075, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
