Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morgan
(Barometer Earthstar)

Interactions where Astraeus hygrometricus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root ForeignQuestionable Cistus cistuses Malvales: Cistaceae Fungi of the Cistus maquis, Loizides, M. & Kyriakou, T., 2011
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Diplocystidiaceae/Astraeus hygrometricus/Astraeus hygrometricusbarometer earthstarfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Cistus/Cistuscistusesliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with UK/IrelandQuestionable [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Diplocystidiaceae/Astraeus hygrometricus/Astraeus hygrometricusbarometer earthstarfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Loizides, M. & Kyriakou, T., 2011Fungi of the Cistus maquisField Mycology Vol 12 (1): 14-22.

Astraeus hygrometricus (Barometer Earthstar) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Astraeus hygrometricus (Barometer Earthstar) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAstraeus hygrometricus (Barometer Earthstar)
FamilyDIPLOCYSTIDIACEAE (barometer earthstars)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Astraeus hygrometricus (Barometer Earthstar)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Brand, A.W. & Finlay, J. 1996 Astraeus hygrometricus, an uncommon earthstar Mycologist Vol 10 (3): 109.
Henrici, A. 2006 Notes and Records (April 2006) Field Mycology Vol 7 (2): 66-68, rear cover.
Loizides, M. & Kyriakou, T. 2011 Fungi of the Cistus maquis Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 14-22.

Astraeus hygrometricus (Barometer Earthstar) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Astraeus hygrometricus (Barometer Earthstar):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 8 images of Astraeus hygrometricus (Barometer Earthstar)

Vulnerable

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)