Hypomyces lithuanicus
| Hypomyces lithuanicus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Hypocreaceae |
| Genus: | Hypomyces |
| Species: | H. lithuanicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypomyces lithuanicus Heinr.-Norm. (1969) | |
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
- ↑ Rogerson CT, Samuels GJ. (1994). "Agaricolous species of Hypomyces". Mycologia. 86 (6): 839–66. doi:10.2307/3760597. JSTOR 3760597.
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