Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Genus Astraeus Order Boletales | Division Basidiomycota Family Diplocystaceae Rank Species | |
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Similar Astraeus, Astraeus asiaticus, Boletales, Astraeus telleriae, Alpova | ||
Astraeus pteridis is a species of false earthstar in the family Diplocystaceae. It was described by American mycologist Cornelius Lott Shear in 1902 under the name Scleroderma pteridis. Sanford Myron Zeller transferred it to Astraeus in a 1948 publication. It is found in North America.
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