Phosri, C. , R. Watling, M. P. Martín & A. J. S. Whalley. The genus Astraeus in Thailand. Mycotaxon 89: 453-463. 2004.

ABSTRACT: A new species of Astraeus, A. odoratus, is described from Thailand. Astraeus odoratus differs from A. hygrometricus in its strong odour when fresh, smooth outer peridium and globose spores with, long, narrow, coalescent, less densely arranged spines.

KEYWORDS: Gasteromycete, ectomycorrhizal fungi, taxonomy, ecology