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Bonnet mould
Spinellus fusiger
52.2875, 6.13225
Field Notes
Description:
This very common little parasite of Mycena species, and of several other mushroom genera, is known as a pin mould. It appears on the caps of larger fungi as erect pale brownish-yellow sporangiophores on which its zygospores are produced. Bonnet mould and the other members of the Spinellus genus are able to reproduce when pins from the same mycelium contact one another, such fungi are termed homothalic.
Habitat:
This species occurs across Europe as well as in Asia and North America. Spinellus fusiger is a parasitic fungus seen on bonnet mushrooms.
Notes:
Spotted on a Mycena sp. in Nieuwe Rande Forest in rural area of Deventer, Holland. (sources:see reference)
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PublishedOctober 29, 2014
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