Asterophora puffball (Asterophora lycoperdoides)
- Vaega: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Vaevaega: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Vasega: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Vasega laiti: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Poloaiga: Agaricales (Agaric poʻo Lamellar)
- Aiga: Lyophyllaceae (Lyophyllic)
- Genus: Asterophora (Asterophora)
- ituaiga: Asterophora lycoperdoides (Asterophora puffball)
Author of the photo: Vyacheslav Stepanov
faamatalaga:
The hat is about 1-2 (2,5) cm in diameter, at first hemispherical with an appressed curved edge, matte, white, then cracks, covered with a brown powdery coating of cocoa color, later cushion-shaped, with a curved edge, velvety, brownish, cocoa color.
The plates are at first implicitly expressed, then folded, rare, thick, adherent, whitish.
Leg 1-3 cm long and about 0,3 (0,5) cm in diameter, cylindrical, curved, often narrowed, made inside, brownish with white bloom.
The pulp is dense, jelly-like, watery, whitish under the cap, gray-brown, brownish in the middle, with a raw smell.
Faʻasalalau:
Distributed in July-August in deciduous and coniferous forests, it parasitizes on the old blackened black Podgruzdka (Russula adusta), less often on Skripitsa (Lactarius vellereus), in groups, it is not uncommon.