Hypomyces lithuanicus

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| authority = Heinr.-Norm. (1969)

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Hypomyces lithuanicus is a parasitic ascomycete in the Hypocreales order. The fungus produces a cream-ochre to cinnamon-colored granular or velvety growth of mycelium on the surfaces of the gills of agaric fungi like Lactarius torminosus, causing them to be deformed.

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{{cite journal |author=Rogerson CT, Samuels GJ. |year=1994 |title=Agaricolous species of Hypomyces |jstor=3760597 |journal=Mycologia |volume=86 |issue=6 |pages=839–66 |doi=10.2307/3760597 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0086/006/0839.htm|url-access=subscription }}

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Category:Fungi described in 1969

Category:Hypocreaceae

Category:Inedible fungi

Category:Parasitic fungi

Category:Fungus species