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Spinellus sp.
Soft white mass of hyphae with small shiny black balls (sporangium) on thin white stalks (sporangiophores). Seen growing on the gills of a decaying Redlead Roundhead mushroom (Leratiomyces ceres).
Host mushroom growing in garden mulch
icThese fungi belong to phylum Zygomycota. They form spherical sporangia during sexual reproduction. they are mostly terrestrial living on decaying plant or animal matter. This genus is parasitic on a variety of gilled mushrooms. Order: Mucorales Family: Phycomycetaceae
Spotted on Jun 18, 2014
Submitted on Jun 23, 2014
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