Hypomyces lactifluorum is also known as the lobster mushroom. In fact it is the product of one fungi attacking another. The host mushroom is either Lactarius piperatus or Russula brevipes. The attacking fungus is a sac fungus, or ascomycete. It’s the red stuff. It colonizes… Read More
I’m always interested in the variety of search terms people use that land them here on this blog. Today somebody got here after searching Russula brevipes. Now this is an interesting mushroom to me, and it’s interesting because it has a special relationship with another… Read More
Somebody stumbled into this blog after searching How to find Lobster Mushrooms, so I’ll take a few minutes to discuss. Many of the mixed forests in Southern Ontario have lobster mushrooms. This so-called mushroom is what you get when a certain parasite fungus attacks a… Read More
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