Hypomyces lithuanicus

Hypomyces lithuanicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

  1. ^ Rogerson CT, Samuels GJ. (1994). "Agaricolous species of Hypomyces". Mycologia. 86 (6): 839–66. doi:10.2307/3760597. JSTOR 3760597.