Goldenthread cordyceps - Tolypocladium ophioglossoides

Tough, club-shaped, black fruiting bodies that were covered in whitish dust of conidia. Sizes ranged from approximately 1-3cm tall.

They are parasitic on underground puffballs.

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morpheme

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You might want to check out Elaphocordyceps as a possible alternative to Xylaria for this one. Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Yes! Thanks so much morpheme. Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
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    Looks like it has three names: Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides, Cordyceps ophioglossoides, and Tolypocladium ophioglossoides. Why does mycology have to be so complicated! ;P Posted 7 years ago

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

Species identified by Christine Young