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Bolete Mould

Hypomyces chrysospermus

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Mushrooms

By Roger Phillips

Published 2006

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Bolete Mould Hypomyces chrysospermus Tul. & C. Tul. (illustrated 90% life size) Fruit body 3-stage mould that grows on Boletes, at first white and mouldy, then yellow and powdery, finally reddish-brown and pimpled (this stage is rarely seen). Spores in white stage (asexual) 10–30Γ—5–12ΒΌ, ellipsoid, smooth; in yellow stage (asexual) 10–25Γ—10–25ΒΌ, globose, warty, thick-walled; in final stage (sexual) 25–30Γ—5–6ΒΌ, spindle-shaped, transparent. Habitat singly or in groups on boletes; also reported on Paxillus. Common. Not edible possibly poisonous.

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