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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.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85718/goldenthread_cordyceps_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html" title="Goldenthread cordyceps - Tolypocladium ophioglossoides"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/85718_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=1LCGZwUPte3tZ1Wjrg1li700jVA%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="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.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85717/goldenthread_cordyceps_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85716/goldenthread_cordyceps_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html Fall,Geotagged,Goldenthread Cordyceps,Tolypocladium ophioglossoides,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85716/goldenthread_cordyceps_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html" title="Goldenthread cordyceps - Tolypocladium ophioglossoides"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/85716_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=%2BpctNdKeWjzN8hUjDM1%2FijBu%2BBA%3D" width="116" height="152" alt="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.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85718/goldenthread_cordyceps_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85717/goldenthread_cordyceps_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html Fall,Geotagged,Goldenthread Cordyceps,Tolypocladium ophioglossoides,United States" /></a></figure> Fall,Geotagged,Goldenthread Cordyceps,Tolypocladium ophioglossoides,United States Click/tap to enlarge

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.

Habitat: Deciduous forest

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.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85717/goldenthread_cordyceps_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85716/goldenthread_cordyceps_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html Fall,Geotagged,Goldenthread Cordyceps,Tolypocladium ophioglossoides,United States

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.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85718/goldenthread_cordyceps_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85717/goldenthread_cordyceps_-_tolypocladium_ophioglossoides.html Fall,Geotagged,Goldenthread Cordyceps,Tolypocladium ophioglossoides,United States

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"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
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Uploaded Oct 15, 2019. Captured Oct 12, 2019 09:52 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/4.5
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.