A mushroom I saw at Silver Falls Park.
It looks like a mushroom that has been invaded by a fungus.
With a Lobster, you can not directly see the Fungus,
Here it is obvious .
Is it common that this happens
Joe C.said:
the genus Hypomyces includes species other than H. lactifluorum (lobster).
One of them is H. chrysospermus,
which parasitizes boletes and may be what you're looking at.
And here's one that Sally found earlier
this month (Asterophora lycoperdoides on Russula brevipes):
(see picture at the very end of my pictures)
