Hypomyces lithuanicus is a parasitic ascomycete in the Hypocreales order. The fungus produces a cream-ochre to cinnamon-colored granular or velvety growth of mycelium on the surfaces of the gills of agaric fungi like Lactarius torminosus, causing them to be deformed.[1]

References

  1. ^ Rogerson CT, Samuels GJ. (1994). "Agaricolous species of Hypomyces". Mycologia. 86 (6): 839–66. doi:10.2307/3760597. JSTOR 3760597.
No tags for this post.