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Hypomyces lithuanicus

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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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Hypomyces lithuanicus Wikipedia