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Bolete Eater

Hypomyces chrysospermus

Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Description:

several cm diameter cap, knobby irregular rounded white cap, ridges thick stem, covering looks felty-like

Habitat:

growing from cedar mulch patches on a mixed species lawn under hemlock trees

Species ID Suggestions

Bolete Eater

Hypomyces chrysospermus

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Mark Ridgway
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Comments (1)
Mark Ridgway
Hi again Ingrid. This is an excellent example of a fungi which attacks a fungi !! The one inside would be a boletus species like your two-colored bolete but it has been overwhelmed by another called Hypomyces chrysospermus or 'The Bolete Eater' Read about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomyces_chrysospermus

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PublishedOctober 14, 2013

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