Silky Piggyback Asterophora parasitica (Bull.) Singer (illustrated 85% life size) Cap 0.5β1.5cm, convex to bell-shaped at first, then expanded; white with greyish-lilac tinge; silky and very thin. Stem 10β30Γ1β3mm, often twisted; white, often flushed brownish or lilaceous. Flesh brown; thin. Spores 5β5.5Γ3β4ΒΌ, broadly ovate; white. Chlamydospores formed on gills (rather than the cap as in A. lycoperdoides, above) 15Γ10ΒΌ, ovate, thick-walled, smooth; pale brown. Habitat on old specimens of several species of Russula and certain Lactarius; summer to early winter. Occasional. Not edible too small and rare.
