Kingdom Fungi Class Sordariomycetes Family Hypocreaceae | Division Ascomycota Order Hypocreales Genus Hypomyces | |
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.
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