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Ophiocordyceps entomorrhiza
Malcolm Greaves,
17-07-2014 12:59
Can anyone suggest if this could be anything other than Ophiocordyceps entomorrhiza. I mistakenly assumed when I found a few of these that it was Cordyceps forquignonii. When I got it home it was not growing from a fly but what looks like a grass seed but I assume must be a pupa of some sort.Thanks
Mal
Pierre-Arthur Moreau,
17-07-2014 13:08
Re : Ophiocordyceps entomorrhiza
Dear Malcolm,
I think your found the sexual stage of a Claviceps. The black form on which they grow seems to be a sclerotium.
Best regards, Pierre-Arthur
I think your found the sexual stage of a Claviceps. The black form on which they grow seems to be a sclerotium.
Best regards, Pierre-Arthur
Jacques Fournier,
17-07-2014 20:26
Re : Ophiocordyceps entomorrhiza
trop fort PAM!
Amitiés,
Jacques
Amitiés,
Jacques
Malcolm Greaves,
17-07-2014 23:28
Re : Ophiocordyceps entomorrhiza
That accounts for why it looked like a grass seed. I have never seen it in this form before.
Thanks Pierre-Arthur.
Mal
Thanks Pierre-Arthur.
Mal
Pierre-Arthur Moreau,
18-07-2014 09:00
Re : Ophiocordyceps entomorrhiza
Venant de toi ce n'est même plus un compliment, c'est un honneur ! Merci Jacques ;-)