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Rye Ergot (Claviceps purpurea)

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radino1

Date

March 8, 2024 10:57 AM CET

Description

Ergots from observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201898440 were stratified in freezer and in september placed in flowerpot in garden. The fruitbodies started growing in january, the growth is very slow.

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kookamongus

Date

February 22, 2024 04:38 PM PST

Description

Just amazing! Parasitizing Ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata) on an open slope of sand. Insitu, already exposed when found

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What

Bird Dropping Crab Spiders (Genus Phrynarachne)

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michellechun

Date

February 17, 2024 02:13 PM +08

Description

Bird dung crab spider

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alex_abair

Date

February 9, 2024 02:26 PM EST

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magnusgarden

Date

January 2024

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marula

Date

January 20, 2024 11:51 AM SAST

Description

Entomopathogenic fungi. Grows in the nervous system of a host insect, altering its behaviour. Once the environmental conditions are right, the mushroom will fruit from the insect, digesting it and releasing spores above the leaf litter.

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marula

Date

January 20, 2024 03:05 PM SAST

Description

Entomopathogenic fungi, found growing on a Coleoptera larvae, shown in later photos

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samdennany

Date

January 2024

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carlosemunoz

Date

June 8, 2018 11:53 AM CEST

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spitzenkorper

Date

July 17, 2023 09:05 AM +0545

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heelsplitter

Description

Collected by Laurie H. Jaegers. Growing singly on a dead coleopteran larva embedded in a log.

Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Oct. 1, 2023.

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radino1

Date

August 31, 2021 02:47 PM CEST

Description

The only Akanthomyces tuberculatus I ever found on Scoliopteryx libatrix, all other were on Triphosa dubitata. Found in old mine.

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hayden127

Date

December 23, 2023 09:43 AM CST

Description

Looks like it’ s coming from or near insect eggs?
F1110

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drewpalmer

Date

August 17, 2022 06:31 PM EDT

Description

Small club protruding from well-decayed log. White mass (host?) found inside log.

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hayden127

Date

December 10, 2023 10:13 AM CST

Description

Reminiscent of Cordyceps sensu lato, no host found. Some sort of eggs found at base of mycelial threads?
F1098

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sammyisafuzzydog

Date

January 2024

Description

I replanted it..

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possumsend

Date

February 8, 2022 11:07 AM NZDT

Description

Parasitized weta under a rock at about 1000m asl in boulder field.

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sadie_hickey

Date

April 30, 2023

Description

In redwood forest

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hherb

Date

May 6, 2020 09:53 AM EEST

Description

Unfortunately I wasn't aware what I've found at the time and didnt dig up the host.

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johnplischke

Date

August 13, 2023 08:51 AM EDT

Description

JP23-0301

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deniszabin

Date

November 28, 2023 11:51 AM -03

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millsamp

Date

October 30, 2023 08:47 PM CST

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gajohns

Date

June 11, 2022 04:05 PM PDT

Description

On buried insect in soil under duff layer. Found a couple hundred feet below receding snow line. Morchella fruiting in vicinity.

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zkilleffer

Date

October 26, 2023 10:47 AM -05

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meelzmalady

Date

May 2022

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kmccabe73

Date

April 29, 2023 12:21 PM CDT

Description

Parasitizing cicada larva

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jordanjacobs

Date

July 16, 2023 07:39 AM EDT

Description

P. gracillioides or gracilis

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pulk

Date

May 6, 2023

Description

See fields for notes.

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What

Oyster Mushrooms (Genus Pleurotus)

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corndog

Date

November 6, 2023 12:55 PM PST

Description

Large, on fallen conifer, either Douglas fir or grand fir

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facethebug

Date

June 22, 2013 09:21 AM -03

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laughingjims

Date

September 8, 2023

Description

Fruiting off Cricket deep within a small hole

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laughingjims

Date

August 19, 2023 01:35 AM CST

Description

Fruiting off larvae

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laughingjims

Date

August 19, 2023 02:01 AM CST

Description

Lots of specimens in this location all fruiting off beetles slightly beneath the soil surface

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laughingjims

Date

August 19, 2023 03:12 AM CST

Description

Fruiting off larvae

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laughingjims

Date

August 19, 2023 03:09 AM CST

Description

Fruiting off larvae in the soil

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mpearlstein1

Date

September 12, 2023 06:10 PM EDT

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danstiver

Date

September 9, 2023 12:58 PM EDT

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hayden127

Date

July 29, 2023 09:40 AM CDT

Description

Host buried loosely in top of decaying log.
F953

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hayden127

Date

August 12, 2023 09:13 AM CDT

Description

F982
Spo:Cord1

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hayden127

Date

August 13, 2023 10:11 AM CDT

Description

In and on well-decayed wood.
F1019
Spo:Cord2

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hayden127

Date

August 27, 2023 09:28 AM CDT

Description

Host buried in decaying log.

Observation of the host insect (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181005411)

F1043

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tomandjill

Date

August 11, 2023 01:13 PM EDT

Description

Inat's computer vision seems to convey Ophiocordyceps robertsii, which is a good comparison except for location. The caterpillar was completely mummified. It was hardened and intact. It was buried under a moss mound on the ground that includes what species I believe to be Thuidium delicatulum. I just happened to see the stroma above ground and commenced a gentle dig and found the caterpillar host just beneath the surface. This was in cove forest habitat near a stream in the ground. Nearby trees are Birch, Hemlock, Pine, Oak, and a nice diversity of other trees and plants.

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corkeee

Date

March 12, 2023 04:45 PM CDT

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What

Hirsute Paradise Spider (Habronattus hirsutus)

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andyharmsen

Date

May 13, 2023 11:57 AM PDT

Description

Female

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What

Zombie-Ant Fungi (Complex Ophiocordyceps unilateralis)

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andyharmsen

Date

June 2023

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corndog

Date

July 19, 2023

Description

stroma 3-4mm, host in wood

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bethofthewoods

Date

July 27, 2023 10:29 AM EDT

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Date

July 29, 2023 04:01 PM EDT

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heelsplitter

Date

September 24, 2022

Description

Collected by Laurie Jaegers during the Asheville Mushroom Club’s 2022 Wildacres foray. Growing on a beetle larva embedded in the trunk in a tree trunk. Stroma produced parallel to surface of wood, with perithecia partially embedded. Ascocarp relatively dry already at time of collection. Ascospores hyaline and filiform.

Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Oct. 2, 2022.

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meelzmalady

Date

July 1, 2023 05:03 PM EDT

Description

Host appears to be Platydracus sp

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komille277

Date

May 18, 2023 02:07 PM AST

Description

On large Coleoptera larva inside decaying wood branch, probably Cerambycidae.

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heatherdawson

Date

May 21, 2023 11:00 AM PDT

Description

Seems to be on a caterpillar? Unburned site.

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kallampero

Date

May 11, 2014

Description

Host: cricket (Gryllidae)

Habitat: Northwest Andean montane forest (NT0145)

Collector(s): D. Newman & R. Vandegrift

Collection #: RLC1457

Photomicrography and molecular data forthcoming

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runmex

Date

June 25, 2023 02:26 PM CDT

Description

Specimen collected. Yet again, host incomplete and brittle

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fungiifind

Date

May 27, 2023 09:38 AM AEST

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cabracrazy

Date

May 24, 2023 02:25 PM CDT

Description

Growing from an Elaphomycete under moss.

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jeremyeven-flint

Date

May 20, 2023 03:21 PM CDT

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bwelko

Date

May 19, 2023 02:38 PM AKDT

Description

Maybe?!? In rotting stump…

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natajimenez

Date

April 18, 2023 01:44 PM -05

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luchoperalta

Date

September 14, 2019 04:53 PM -03

Description

Este registro corresponde al hongo y este otro a la araña
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155803952

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michael1062

Date

January 2020

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musellarose

Date

April 2, 2023 12:21 PM EDT

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felipebitt

Date

March 28, 2023 02:40 PM -03

Description

Ophiocordyceps glaziovii (Henn.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora

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danielwinkler

Date

June 15, 2020 06:13 PM PDT

Description

Cyphoderris monstrosa Monster Haglid or Giant hump-winged grig female adult
(close to crickets & katydids), family Prophalangopsidae, Orthoptera.
Same specimen as iNat: 48828187. I just came a week after the report by Eric Jain, found it after 25 min search and dug it up to conserve the specimen which I sent to Rich Tehan.

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giffbeaton

Date

February 16, 2023 02:33 PM EST

Description

Growing in xeric sand. This species is known by @richtehan and will be described as T bulbosum.

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iancruickshank

Date

February 21, 2023 02:59 PM PST

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kim_fleming

Date

February 14, 2023 09:47 AM EST

Description

I believe this is a click beetle larva. Found under pine bark on a rotting log.
collected.
Last 3 photos taken on 19 Mar 2023.

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What

Northern Mole Cricket (Neocurtilla hexadactyla)

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jimthomason

Date

August 23, 2018 07:15 PM EDT

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What

Northern Mole Cricket (Neocurtilla hexadactyla)

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davidweyers

Date

September 15, 2022 08:47 PM EDT

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What

Northern Mole Cricket (Neocurtilla hexadactyla)

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loganrosenberg

Date

November 9, 2022 12:20 PM EST

Place

Townsend (Google, OSM)

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What

Northern Mole Cricket (Neocurtilla hexadactyla)

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alicia9159

Date

June 6, 2022 03:51 PM EDT

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laughingjims

Date

April 10, 2022

Description

Second and third photo show specimen that was found in situ. I brought the specimens home and put them in a small container with a damp paper towel and a week later they formed fruit bodies as shown the rest of the photos

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alefox123

Date

January 21, 2023 02:40 PM -05

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myrmecophil

Date

October 8, 2021 04:04 PM UTC

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cpqbivins

Date

January 19, 2023 10:59 AM PST

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Date

June 4, 2022 10:07 AM JST

Description

collected and identified by M. Ito

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mandymushii

Date

January 15, 2023 12:34 PM PST

Description

On caterpillar, located in between the back parking lots on the lefthand side of the road across from chapel trailhead, in the grass, straight across from rock pile

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bkaounas

Date

April 3, 2015 06:24 PM EEST

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evelyn_hunt

Date

February 9, 2020 02:10 PM CST

Description

Growing in moss at the edge of woods of pine, oak and hickory.

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Date

January 6, 2023 03:46 PM PST

Description

I’m unsure if this is Gibellula and am open to other suggestions. Saw something strange in the center of a lichen with some webbing on it.

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mushbee

Date

December 31, 2022 02:42 PM PST

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corndog

Date

December 14, 2022 03:02 PM PST

Description

On Ichneumonid wasp

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flowntheloop

Date

December 2022

Description

Growing beneath mostly Pinus taeda. Elaphomyces sp. host included in this observation.
Same location as these:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144023674

Specimen shipped out to Richard Tehan!

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tsvetasheva

Date

July 18, 2019 03:26 PM MSK

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What

Scarlet Caterpillar Club (Cordyceps militaris)

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oregonbirder0

Date

November 24, 2022 12:21 PM PST

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pierreshamley

Date

January 10, 2021 09:30 AM SAST

Description

Diepwalle, January 2021

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Date

June 25, 2022 04:41 PM -04

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heatherdawson

Date

October 23, 2022 04:06 PM PDT

Description

Looked for an insect body but none found. Sporocarps very brittle/fragile.

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kim_fleming

Date

October 14, 2022 10:13 AM EDT

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Date

October 8, 2022 01:10 PM JST

Description

「セミノハリセンボン」anamorph
photo by M. Ito

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pipsissewa

Date

March 9, 2022 05:11 PM EST

Description

Found by chance today inside of a rotten oak burl. Hypocrealean fungi suggested, that is pretty broad though. I brought this beautiful specimen home and can help nurture it to maturity if I'm given instructions on how to do so perhaps. It is suggested that the host is Hypercombe scribonia or similar. The fungus was sprouting from the foot pads it seemed. This was a much welcomed find on a cool winter day today here in Far Southwest Virginia, USA (East Coast). I also shared one photo from within the cavity of the burl that the specimen was in just in case there was further identifying evidence that I did not recognize.

Attempts at keeping in a moist chamber for several days resulted in see maturation but eventually the entire host became compromised by mold

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kim_fleming

Date

October 14, 2021 05:22 PM EDT

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heelsplitter

Date

May 29, 2022

Description

Collected with Jacob Kalichman along the Left Sawmill Loop trail. Growing singly on a lepidopteran larva buried in soil under Pinus needle litter beneath a 2-needle Pinus. Collection sent to Richard Tehan.

Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Jun. 12, 2022.

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hugovanvliet

Date

September 19, 2022 04:41 PM CDT

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pulk

Date

May 29, 2022

Description

Host unidentified, no more that what's pictured was visible. At the base of a chestnut oak.

Tags

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Date

September 17, 2022

Description

Tumbuh di hewan (sejenis kumbang), tinggi sekitar 1-2cm.

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alan_rockefeller

Date

September 14, 2022 03:22 PM CDT

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chlorophyll_kid

Date

September 8, 2022 10:22 AM CEST

Description

Only the coolest thing I've EVER found ;) First image is as-found, subsequent images show the specimen once it was excavated. I believe the host is some Camponotus sp.

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riitta-

Date

September 4, 2022 05:39 PM EDT