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Snaketongue Truffleclub - Tolypocladium ophioglossoides Tough, club-shaped, black fruiting body with a bit of whitish conidia. They are parasitic on underground puffballs. Base was orange-yellow with roots attaching it to a puffball in the Elaphomyces genus.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Mixed forest<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/145408/snaketongue_truffleclub_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html" title="Snaketongue Truffleclub - Tolypocladium ophioglossoides"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/145408_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=BAyXHoOpJXNFTONGdSP1%2F9Nl7RQ%3D" width="200" height="156" alt="Snaketongue Truffleclub - Tolypocladium ophioglossoides Tough, club-shaped, black fruiting body with a bit of whitish conidia. They are parasitic on underground puffballs. Base was orange-yellow with roots attaching it to a puffball in the Elaphomyces genus.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Mixed forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/145409/goldenthread_cordyceps_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html Fall,Geotagged,Snaketongue Truffleclub,Tolypocladium ophioglossoides,United States" /></a></figure> Elaphomyces,Fall,Geotagged,Tolypocladium,Tolypocladium ophioglossoides,United States,cordyceps,fungus,puffball parasite Click/tap to enlarge

Snaketongue Truffleclub - Tolypocladium ophioglossoides

Tough, club-shaped, black fruiting body with a bit of whitish conidia. They are parasitic on underground puffballs. Base was orange-yellow with roots attaching it to a puffball in the Elaphomyces genus.

Habitat: Mixed forest

Snaketongue Truffleclub - Tolypocladium ophioglossoides Tough, club-shaped, black fruiting body with a bit of whitish conidia. They are parasitic on underground puffballs. Base was orange-yellow with roots attaching it to a puffball in the Elaphomyces genus.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Mixed forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/145409/goldenthread_cordyceps_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html Fall,Geotagged,Snaketongue Truffleclub,Tolypocladium ophioglossoides,United States

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    Ernst
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    Very unusual but most interesting . Posted 2 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      Thanks Ernst. Posted 2 years ago
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    Calbost Niel
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    What a handsome specimen Posted 2 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      You'll make it blush ;) Posted 2 years ago

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The Snaketongue Truffleclub

"Tolypocladium ophioglossoides", also known by two of its better known synonyms "Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides" and "Cordyceps ophioglossoides" and commonly known as the goldenthread cordyceps, is a species of fungus in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. It is parasitic on fruit bodies of the truffle-like "Elaphomyces".

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Similar species: Hypocreales
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jan 9, 2023. Captured Oct 8, 2021 11:25 in 9 East St, Litchfield, CT 06759, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO640
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.