Lobster Mushroom
探検菌類
Lobster Mushroom
hypomyces lactifluorum
The Lobster Mushroom looks like a bright orange crustacean! It’s actually a fungus that loves to grow on other mushrooms.
生息地: Lobster Mushrooms grow in forests, often found on the ground or on other mushrooms.
外見
The Lobster Mushroom is a vibrant orange to reddish-orange fungus with an irregular, often lumpy shape, resembling a cooked lobster. Its surface is rough and firm, while the interior flesh is dense and white. This striking color makes it distinct from the host mushrooms it covers.
界Fungi門Ascomycota綱Sordariomycetes目Hypocreales科Hypocreaceae属Hypomyces
カテゴリ
菌類レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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おもしろい事実
Amazingly, it can turn some normally inedible or bitter mushrooms into a delicious meal!
It doesn't grow its own cap or stem; it completely covers another mushroom!
Scientists can identify its original host mushroom by looking at tiny spores inside!
This vibrant fungus is actually a parasite that grows on and transforms other mushrooms!
特殊能力
能力
Mushroom Makeover
Lobster Mushroom can completely transform its host's appearance and texture because of its parasitic mycelium that helps them grow on and encrust another fungus.
能力
Flavor Power-Up
Lobster Mushroom has a unique seafood-like flavor that helps them become a highly prized food, despite being a forest fungus.
能力
Disguise Artist
Lobster Mushroom can hide the gills of its host, making it look like a solid mass because its mycelium encrusts the entire mushroom.
サイズと詳細
- 高さ
- 5-15 cm
- Edibility
- edible
- Cap Diameter
- 7-20 cm
- 生育基質
- soil
- 季節
- Summer to fall
- 胞子の色
- White
生態系とのつながり
parasitizes
Peppery Milk-cap
Lactarius piperatus
transforms into the lobster mushroom
parasitizes
Short-stemmed Russula
Russula brevipes
changes its appearance and flavor
eats
White-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus
forage for this tasty fungus
eaten by
Humans
Homo sapiens
a highly prized gourmet food
特徴
別名
HypomycesLobster FungusLobster Mushroom Fungus
コレクション
安全性
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Always ask an adult before touching or eating wild mushrooms!
よくある質問
Lobster Mushroomの高さは何ですか？
5-15 cm
Lobster Mushroomのedibilityは何ですか？
edible
Lobster Mushroomのcap Diameterは何ですか？
7-20 cm
Lobster Mushroomは通常どこに生息していますか？
Lobster Mushrooms grow in forests, often found on the ground or on other mushrooms.
Lobster Mushroomの生育基質は何ですか？
soil
Lobster Mushroomの季節は何ですか？
Summer to fall
Lobster Mushroomの胞子の色は何ですか？
White
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