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Black Whisker Mold
The type species of Cephalotrichum, long known as Doratomyces stemonitis. It forms dark, bristle-like stalks (synnemata) a few millimeters tall, topped with dry chains of spores, on soil, dung and plant debris. Growers know it as black whisker mold, one of the competitor molds of mushroom substrates.
Not edible. No toxicity documented.
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