Guy Edwardes / Candle-snuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon), New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. November.
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Adrian Davies / Dead moll's fingers fungus (Xylaria longipes) growing amongst moss. Sussex, England, UK. October.
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Heather Angel / Caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis), a rare traditional Chinese medicine sold to nourish yin and yang, for anti-aging and as natural viagra substitute- Dong Chong Xia Cho. Yunnan, China.
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Andy Sands / Scarlet caterpillar club fungi (Cordyceps militaris) Excavated to show caterpillar with fungi fruiting from it, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October. Focus Stacked Image
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Andy Sands / Scarlet caterpillar club fungi (Cordyceps militaris) Excavated to show caterpillar with fungi fruiting from it, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, October. Focus Stacked Image
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Robin Chittenden / Dead man's finger fungus (Xylaria polymorpha), Sri Lanka.
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Adrian Davies / Scarlet caterpillarclub fungus (Cordyceps militaris / Ophiocordyceps sinensis). This species parasitises caterpillars. Sussex, England, UK. October.
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Nick Upton / Red cushion Hypoxylon / Beech woodwart (Hypoxylon fragiforme) growing on a rotten Beech (Fagus sylvatica) log producing black spores, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, October.
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Nick Upton / Beech woodwart / Red cushion Hypoxylon (Hypoxylon fragiforme) fruting bodies on a Beech (Fagus sylvatica) log producing black spores, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, October.
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Nick Upton / Beech woodwart / Red cushion Hypoxylon (Hypoxylon fragiforme) fruiting bodies on a Beech (Fagus sylvatica) log producing black spores, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, October.
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Adrian Davies / Candlesnuff fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) Sussex, England, UK.
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Robert Thompson / Beech woodwart fungus (Hypoxylon fragiforme) on beech tree bark, Castle Coole Estate, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. October.