Astraeus asiaticus

Astraeus asiaticus
Het pho เห็ดเผาะ Astraeus asiaticus in Sakon Nakhon, northeast of Thailand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Diplocystaceae
Genus:	Astraeus
Species:	A. asiaticus
Binomial name
Astraeus asiaticus Phosri, M.P.Martín & Watling (2007)

Astraeus asiaticus Mycological characteristics
	Glebal hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is brown
	Ecology is mycorrhizal

Astraeus asiaticus is a species of false earthstar in the family Diplocystaceae. Described as a new species in 2007, it was originally found in north and northeastern areas of Thailand, where it grows in sandy or laterite-rich soil in dry lowland dipterocarp forests. The species has a wide distribution in Asia.^[1]