This Borneo moth is infected by a Cordyceps fungus, probably Cordyceps tuberculata(?). The parasitic fungi grow through the host and first form a subiculum, from which aggregate fruiting bodies, so-called stromata, then grow. All Cordyceps species are parasitic on arthropods…
Unknown fungi species from Sout-Sarawak / Borneo, Comatoderma ssp.(?) or Podoscypha ssp.(?)
Bioluminescent mushrooms like this Mycena sp., of central Sarawak, begins to glow at night. With their own light they can attract insects, which could pick up spores on their bodies. With this behavior the Mushroom spread the spores over a…
Cicada infected by a Cordyceps-fungus(?) of South-Sarawak/Borneo.
Infected by a Cordyceps-fungus of Central-Sarawak/Borneo – probably Paecilomyces lilacinus (Thom)
Infected by a Cordyceps-fungus of Central-Sarawak/Borneo.
Infected by a Cordyceps-fungus of Central-Sarawak/Borneo.
Infected by Cordyceps
Moth infected by Cordyceps
Moth infected by Cordyceps