Asterophora Ditmar
(piggyback or pick-a-back toadstools)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Asterophora lycoperdoides Powdery Piggyback, Pick-a-back Toadstool	Species	40 images	1 ident. refs
Asterophora parasitica Silky Piggyback	Species	12 images
Asterophora (unidentified) Unidentified Piggyback or Pick-a-back Toadstools	Unidentified	1 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Asterophora (piggyback or pick-a-back toadstools)
Family	LYOPHYLLACEAE (a family of toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Asterophora is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Mattock, G.	2002	Fungi upon other fungi grow - Britain’s parasitic toadstools.	British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 2: 109-116.

Asterophora (piggyback or pick-a-back toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

LYOPHYLLACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Asterophora (piggyback or pick-a-back toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 19 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Asterophora (piggyback or pick-a-back toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Asterophora is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)