Species

Spinellus fusiger (Bonnet mold)

Spinellus fusiger. Photo: (c) humboldtfungi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Spinellus fusiger, commonly known as the bonnet mold, is a species of fungus in the Zygomycota phylum. 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…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Zygomycota (Zygote fungi)
    - Subphylum: Mucoromycotina
      - Class: Mucoromycetes
        Order: Mucorales (Pin molds)
        Family: Phycomycetaceae
        Genus: Spinellus
        Species: Spinellus fusiger (Bonnet mold)

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