Caterpillar Killer / Rupsendoder
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While working in my garden today I discovered this Cordyceps militaris fungus (Caterpillar Killer / Rupsendoder). It is not the most beautiful fungus and thats for sure. This particular Cordyceps militaris is about 2,5 cm in size.This is an extraordinary fungus that parasitises and kills moth pupae. It is an ascomycete that invades the pupae in the ground. Eventually the fungus will fruit sending out unmistakable bright orange fruiting bodies above the ground.Uit Wikipedia:De rupsendoder (Cordyceps militaris) is een paddenstoel uit de klasse van de Sordariomycetes, familie Corcycipitaceae.De zwam wordt 2 tot 6 centimeter hoog, en is een half tot 1 centimeter dik. De kleur van de zwam is oranjegeel tot oranje, de steel is meestal wat bleker. Op de hoed bevinden zich fijne wratjes. De zwam groeit op poppen van vlinders in diverse biotopen. In Nederland is de soort vrij algemeen.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Nucletmycea
- Fungi (mushrooms, lichens, molds, yeasts and relatives)
- Dikarya
- Ascomycota (sac fungi)
- Sordariomycetes
- Hypocreales
- Cordycipitaceae
- Cordyceps
- Cordyceps militaris
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