Spinellus fusiger

Spinellus fusiger
Spinellus fusiger growing on Mycena haematopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Mucoromycota
Class: Mucoromycetes
Order: Mucorales
Family: Phycomycetaceae
Genus: Spinellus
Species:
S. fusiger
Binomial name
Spinellus fusiger
(Link) Tiegh. (1875)
Synonyms

Mucor rhombosporus Ehrenb. (1818)
Mucor fusiger Link (1824)
Mucor macrocarpus Corda (1838)
Spinellus macrocarpus (Corda) P.Karst. (1878)
Spinellus rhombosporus (Ehrenb.) Pound (1894)
Phycomyces agaricicola Boedijn (1958)

Spinellus fusiger, commonly known as bonnet mold,[1] is a species of fungus in the phylum Mucoromycota. It is a pin mold that is characterized by erect sporangiophores (specialized hyphae that bear a sporangium) that are simple in structure, brown or yellowish-brown in color, and with branched aerial filaments that bear the zygospores. It grows as a parasitic mold on mushrooms, including several species from the genera Mycena, including M. haematopus, M. pura, M. epipterygia, M. leptocephala, and various Collybia species, such as C. alkalivirens, C. luteifolia, C. dryophila, and C. butyracea.[2] It has also been found growing on agaric species in Amanita, Gymnopus, and Hygrophorus.[3]

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