Hypomyces hyalinus (Schw.: Fr.) L-R Tulasne
Amanita mold

Hypo from the Greek word for under, myces from the Greek word for fungus

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Description:
pyrenomycete
Fruiting Body: whitish sterile tissue covers infected Amanita. Spore Print Color: white. Spores: ascospores 15-20 x 4.5-6.5 µm, ellipsoid-fusiform, with apiculus 1-1.5 µm long, one-septate, hyaline, verrucose.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: host Amanita becomes tough and deformed, whitish all over

Diagnostic microscopic feature: asci are cylindrical with uniseriate, uniseptate, apiculate spores, inamyloid

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North America, Asianot common

Nutritional Mode: parasite

Substrate: Amanita species

Habitat: woodland

Fruiting Season: summer

  
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Order: Hypocreales
 

 

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