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Lobster Mushroom

Hypomyces lactifluorum

Description:

bright orange to red completely engulfing it's host mushroom.

Habitat:

Coniferous forest with an under story with grape and salal.

Notes:

we found 19 of these mushrooms growing out of the mosses in a state park

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2 Comments

JeanSawatzky
JeanSawatzky 10 years ago

Hi Marion,
I am trying to link my Lobster Mushroom to yours. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/383...

KathleenMcEachern
KathleenMcEachern 10 years ago

Nice first spotting Marion! Welcome to Project Noah!

Washington, USA

Spotted on Oct 4, 2013
Submitted on Oct 6, 2013

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