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MUOB 360814
Cordyceps tuberculata (Lebert) Maire
Cordycipitaceae
John E Hartgerink
MUOB 360814
2019-03-06
2019-3-6
United States, Louisiana, BREC Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge
30.366 -91.1069
4-4 meters (13-13ft)
Found by Sean Golden at Bluebonnet Swamp in Baton Rouge, LA on 3/1/19. Not sure if it is a fungus or slime mold or something else. I assume the "fungus?" began its attack while the insect was still alive? • Maybe just some spores landed on it? • Or could the insect could have been caught in some sticky goo? We think the insect was a moth (?). About 3/4 of an inches long. In a wet area not too far from the edge of a swamp. On a small stick a few feet above the ground. It has been suggested that it is: • An entomopathogenic fungus • Cordyceps • Akanthomyces sp
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