Asterophora lycoperdoides (Bull. ex Mérat) S. F. Gray syn. Nyctalis asterophora Fr. Stäubender Zwitterling Nyctalis porteur d’étoiles Powdery Piggyback Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, subglobose, covered in a clay-buff mealy coating of chlamydospores. Stem 5–10 x 2–5mm, whitish. Flesh grey to dark brown. Chlamydospores clay-buff, subglobose covered in long blunt processes giving a star-shaped appearance, 13–16µ in diameter. Basidiospores (usually only on young gills) white, broadly elliptical, 5.5 x 3.5µ. Habitat on rotting Russula nigricans. Season summer to late autumn. Occasional – more common in wet periods. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.