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Pyrenomycete
Hypomyces lactifluorum (Schw.: Fr.) Tul.
Fruiting Body

Orange to red sterile tissue covers Russula and Lactarius species. 

Spores

Ascospores 35-45 x 5-8 µm, fusiform to boat-shaped, with apiculus at each end 4.5-7.5 µm long, one-septate, verrucose.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature

Host Russula or Lactarius becomes tough, deformed and bright orange, sometimes with scarlet red areas; turns purple with KOH

Nutritional Mode

Parasite

Substrate

Russula or Lactarius species

Habitat

Woodland

Fruiting Season

Summer

Common name

Lobster mushroom

 
     
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