Name:		Asterostromella Höhn. & Litsch., (1907) page 773 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Vararia P. Karst.
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Lachnocladiaceae D.A. Reid [Family] Russulales Kreisel ex P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon & J.C. David [Order] Agaricomycetes Doweld [Class] Agaricomycotina Doweld [Subdivision / Subphylum] Basidiomycota R.T. Moore [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Asterostromella adspersa Rick Asterostromella albocrustacea Rick Asterostromella alboviridiflava Rick Asterostromella anomala Rick Asterostromella brasiliensis Bres. Asterostromella calospora Rick Asterostromella citrina Rick Asterostromella deglubens Rick Asterostromella dura Bourdot & Galzin Asterostromella duriuscula (Berk. & Broome) P.H.B. Talbot Asterostromella effuscata (Cooke & Ellis) Bourdot & Galzin Asterostromella epigaea (Lloyd) Tad. Ito Asterostromella fraxini (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Petr. Asterostromella gallica (Bourdot & Galzin) Bourdot & Galzin Asterostromella granulosa (Pers.) Bourdot & Galzin Asterostromella investiens (Schwein.) Höhn. & Litsch. Asterostromella lateritia Rick Asterostromella luteopora (Bondartsev) Bondartsev & Singer Asterostromella ochroleuca Bourdot & Galzin Asterostromella olivaceo-oxydata Rick Asterostromella olivaceofuscus Asterostromella parasitica Rick Asterostromella pinicola Killerm. Asterostromella rhodospora Wakef. Asterostromella rumpiana P.H.B. Talbot Asterostromella splendida Viégas Asterostromella subalutaria Rick Asterostromella sulphurea Rick Asterostromella taquarae Rick Asterostromella tecta Rick Asterostromella torrendii Bres. Asterostromella triangulispora Rick Asterostromella ubatubensis Viégas
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]