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Goldenthread Cordyceps - Tolypocladium ophioglossoides
Parasitic on underground puffballs (false truffles) in the genus Elaphomyces. Unfortunately, I didn't recognize what this was at the time and didn't look for or find the truffle.
Habitat: Growing on the ground in a deciduous forest.
"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".
Similar species: Hypocreales
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Uploaded Jan 7, 2019. Captured Sep 1, 2018 10:25 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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