ເຫັດເຜາະໜັງ / Smooth Ball Mushroom

Use
Food
Income
Medicine
Scientific Name / Family
Astraeus odoratus Phosri, Watling, M.P. Martín & Whalley / Diplocystidiaceae
Synonyms
Astraeus thailandicus Petcharat
Other Names
Het Thop (Thai)
Botanical Description

Fruiting bodies are globose and smooth. Immature fruit body is 1.2–3.9 cm in diameter and 0.9–2.9 cm tall, cream colored, with a small mycelial mass at first. Mature fruit body is 4.4–7.7 cm in diameter, 2.2–5.7 cm tall, with a brownish-gray bulb over a star-shaped, reflexed orange-brown base (Pavithra et al., 2015).

Description of Use

Food: The fruiting bodies of this species are edible and very popular.

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