Bolete Mould - Hypomyces chrysospermus
Hypomyces chrysospermus is a parasitic ascomycete fungus that grows on bolete mushrooms, turning the afflicted host a whitish, golden yellow, or tan colour.
On Bolete mushrooms.
Whenever the host mushrooms produce mature fruiting bodies.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Ben Devine
Newfields
19 November 2015
yellow fungal infection on bolete
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Species profile
- Common names
- Bolete Mould
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Hypocreales
- Family:
- Hypocreaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 17
- First record:
- 19/11/2015 (Devine, Ben)
- Last record:
- 22/10/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
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Melinda Bell
Spring Cottage, track behind play area
26 October 2021
Melinda Bell
Moira,Hicks Lodge
29 September 2021
cap was white and smooth to touch
David Nicholls
Altar Stones
09 November 2019
Melinda Bell
Moira,Hicks Lodge
29 September 2021
spreading over stipe
