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Cordyceps

Cordyceps militaris

Description:

A parasitic orange fungus that latches on to insects and then sprouts from their corpse to create twisted formations like the one pictured above.

Habitat:

especially thrives in buried groups of insect larvae

Notes:

I'm not sure about this

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hahonick
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hahonick

Owings Mills, Maryland, USA

Spotted on Aug 28, 2011
Submitted on Apr 30, 2014

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