Cordyceps farinosa
Alternative names
Isaria farinosa
Description
The white-dusted club-shaped fruiting bodies are asexual, bearing one-celled conidia. It is parasitic of lepidopteran larvae and pupae
Identification difficulty
Recording advice
Good quality field photographs and some indication of scale
Habitat
on lepidopteran larvae and pupae
mttnx
Great Merrible Wood
29 October 2023
mttnx
Great Merrible Wood
29 October 2023
mttnx
Great Merrible Wood
29 October 2023
mttnx
Great Merrible Wood
29 October 2023
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Species profile
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Hypocreales
- Family:
- Cordycipitaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 29/10/2023 (N, Matt)
- Last record:
- 29/10/2023 (N, Matt)
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