 The fungi generally prefers terrestrial mushrooms such as the genus Amanita, Agaricus genus, Chichitake genus, Numeriiguchi genus and Awotake genus.If the host is a wood ear mushroom, the fungi produces "a" colloidal fruiting body

Many agaric mushrooms, when used as a host, do not develop properly and become malformed

Species of Hypomyces have been found in Europe, North America, Australia, and parts of China.There are at least 19 species recorded in Japan.