Phaeocalicium polyporaeum is a tiny mycoparasitic fungus, seen here on its most common host, Trichaptum cf biforme, although it has also been reported on Trametes versicolor.
It's a fungus-eat-fungus world out there
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Hey, I heard you like fungi, so I put fungi on your fungi 🍄²
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Great, now I’m gonna be looking even more like a crazy person when walking in the woods, as I crawl around sticking my face up to every Turkey Tail (Trametes Versicolor) that I pass looking for these. Jk, thanks for sharing!
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So cute!
How do they affect the host - are they particularly damaging, what exactly are they eating? I tried searching but couldn't find a lot of detail.
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