Hypomyces
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yellow-green Hypomyces (Hypomyces luteovirens)
Amanita mold (Hypomyces hyalinus)
lobster mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum)
Distribution: Broad Broad
Substrate: Hypomyces lactifluorum, the lobster mushroom, grows in the tissue of certain russulas and lactariuses in the PNW, especially R. brevipes, and turns the host mushroom into a dense mass of mummified tissue.
green mushroom pimple (Hypomyces luteovirens)
orange mushroom pimple (Hypomyces lactifluorum)
Distribution: Broad Broad
Substrate: Hypomyces lactifluorum, the lobster mushroom, grows in the tissue of certain russulas and lactariuses in the PNW, especially R. brevipes, and turns the host mushroom into a dense mass of mummified tissue.
[no common name] (Hypomyces cervinigenus)
[no common name] (Hypomyces lateritius)