Hypomyces chrysospermus

*Hypomyces chrysospermus*
Hypomyces chrysospermus
Mycological characteristics
	Smooth hymenium
	Hymenium attachment is not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is white to yellow
	Ecology is parasitic
	Edibility is inedible or poisonous

Hypomyces chrysospermus
	Hypomyces chrysospermus infecting a Leccinum bolete
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Hypocreaceae
Genus:	Hypomyces
Species:	H. chrysospermus
Binomial name
	Hypomyces chrysospermus; Tul. & C.Tul. (1860)
Synonyms
	Hypolyssus chrysospermus (Tul. & C.Tul.) Kuntze (1898); Apiocrea chrysosperma (Tul. & C.Tul.) Syd. & P.Syd. (1921); Sepedonium chrysosperma (Bull.) Fr.;

Hypomyces chrysospermus, the bolete eater, is a parasitic ascomycete fungus that grows on bolete mushrooms, turning the afflicted host a whitish, golden yellow, or tan color. It is found in Eurasia and North America, as well as southwest Western Australia.

Bolete eater and its afflicted host mushrooms are not edible and may be poisonous.