19/Sep/2026, 3:16 PM
Nedrema LKA, Pärnu county, Eesti
Wet wooded meadow nature reserve, on Lactarius deliciosus mushroom body
58°32'19.7"N 24°04'14.5"E
🌡️ 16°C ☁️ Overcast 💨 Wind 220° SW->NE, 28 km/h
Original Instagram postHypomyces lateritius
Ochre Gillgobbler
- Scientific identification
- Hypomyces lateritius (Fr.) Tul. & C. Tul.
- Family
- Hypocreaceae
- Class
- Sordariomycetes
- Genus
- Hypomyces
Names across languages
- English: Ochre Gillgobbler
- German: Steinreizker-Kernpilz
- Finnish: Rouskunriesa
- Estonian: Valkjas üleniidik
- Russian: Гипомицес кирпично-красный
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2026-09-19.
Hymenium
Perithecia immersed to partly exposed in the subiculum, dark amber to reddish-brown, appearing as minute pimples over the infected surface
Body
Dense coating covering and deforming the host hymenium; initially white to lemon-yellow, becoming buff, ochre, orange-brown and finally brick-red to reddish-brown
Description
Spore mass hyaline; mature infected surface ochre to brick-red
Ecology
Fungicolous parasite mainly on Lactarius species, especially orange-milkcaps; covers undeveloped gills; summer to autumn
Edibility
Edibility depends on the correctly identified host mushroom
Fruit body
Fruiting layer thin, spreading across substantial portions or nearly all of the host hymenium
Dimensions
Perithecia ~300–470 × 170–360 µm
Description
Parasitized host becomes firm, deformed and partially mummified
Chemical reactions
KOH subiculum negative; perithecia becoming yellowish
Microscopy
Ascospores fusiform to lanceolate/naviculate, finely verrucose, aseptate, ~15–27 × 3.5–5.5 µm, with conspicuous acute apiculi at both ends; asci cylindrical, 8-spored, ~90–150 × 4–8 µm; anamorph forms subglobose aseptate conidia ~5–6.5 × 4.5–6 µm
Overview
Brick-red gill parasite deforming and mummifying Lactarius fruit bodies
1860). Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4 13: 11.
Field encounters
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