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Lobster mushroom

Hypomyces lactifluorum

Photo by tommitc
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Field Notes

Description:

about 2" tall

Habitat:

Coastal forest pine forest underneath a douglas fir but not too far from a couple of lodgepole pine trees.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
AntónioGinjaGinja
Nice finding Tommitc,i think the scientif name is Hypomyces lactifluorum,and in the link i found it have very interesting info about this fungi https://www.google.pt/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&ved=0CD4QFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHypomyces_lactifluorum&ei=6vQkUu6WJ4bm7Aal_IHQAg&usg=AFQjCNHg2PMBKQPJaEK8eQzqmHIN2bAJAw&bvm=bv.51495398,d.ZGU

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PublishedSeptember 2, 2013

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