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False Truffle
1 species
A genus of one species, Diehliomyces microsporus, which causes false truffle (compost truffle) disease in cultivated Agaricus. It forms firm, brain-like truffle masses in compost and casing, and spawn disappears where it grows.
Ascomata: firm, wrinkled, convoluted masses about 0.5-3 cm, like small brains or peeled walnuts; whitish to cream, turning pink to reddish-brown, then drying and breaking down to powder. Mycelium: fluffy white wefts turning creamy yellow, mainly at the compost-casing interface.
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