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Lobster Mushroom - Hypomyces lactifluorum <br /> Habitat: Mixed forest Geotagged,Hypomyces lactifluorum,Lobster mushroom,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Lobster Mushroom - Hypomyces lactifluorum


Habitat: Mixed forest

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Gorgeous photo! Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Thanks, it was such a perfect and well-formed specimen! Posted 6 years ago

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The Lobster mushroom

The Lobster mushroom, ''Hypomyces lactifluorum'', contrary to its common name, is not a mushroom, but rather a parasitic ascomycete fungus that grows on certain species of mushrooms, turning them a reddish orange color that resembles the outer shell of a cooked lobster.

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Similar species: Hypocreales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Sep 3, 2019. Captured Aug 31, 2019 11:30 in 38 Dunbarton Rd, Concord, NH 03301, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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