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On dead stick insect.

Tons of it in a small area growing on dead Red alder (Alnus rubra) twigs

On moth or butterfly pupae. Conidia are fusiform and very small.

Observation is for fungus on spider

Just amazing! Parasitizing Ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata) on an open slope of sand. Insitu, already exposed when found

Observation is for the fungus.

Extremely early fruiting compared to years passed

Hypomyces stephanomatis auf Humaria hemisphaeria

Or is it Gibellula? Found by @paul2george.

focus on secondary parasite

About 5 mm across including spikes. On underside of a leaf. Gibellula possibly?

Truffle parasitized by Tolypocladium ophioglossoides. Growing under Norway Spruce. Smells funky, like cannabis.

WV WF23-0038
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178014182
myceliamorel obs
DNA not Successful

Parasitic fungi on Araneus sp.

Parasitic fungi on Araneus sp.

Entomopathogenic fungi, found growing on a Coleoptera larvae, shown in later photos

Some kind of entomopathogen on a small insect host. Will add macro photos soon

Isarioid cordyceps, asexual morph, collected under and in accordance with a DNR issued permit.

co-observation of this specimen here:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190965139

Fungee V 183006322
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183006322

Early stage of some sort of live insect host fungi. I plan to bury it in an enclosed container to attempt growing it out. Current ID is just a guess.

The only Akanthomyces tuberculatus I ever found on Scoliopteryx libatrix, all other were on Triphosa dubitata. Found in old mine.

Collected by Laurie H. Jaegers. Growing singly on a dead coleopteran larva embedded in a log.

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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Oct. 1, 2023.

Under oak, haircap moss, dry woodlands; yellow/gold flesh previous observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196065918

For the adjacent Tolypocladium, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/197283288

For the adjacent Tolypocladium, cf. inaturalist.org/observations/197283299

03999 WF23-0076
Clavaria "sp-IN03"
DNA - ITS - Nanopore

04027 WF23-0100
Agaricales "sp-IN01"
DNA - ITS - Nanopore
First outside of IN.

04053 WF23-0126
Russula "sp-IN96"
DNA - ITS - Nanopore

04068 WF23-0141
Exobasidium rostrupi
DNA error
on Cranberry

Reminiscent of Cordyceps sensu lato, no host found. Some sort of eggs found at base of mycelial threads?
F1098

Golden-backed Frog
Mushroom grown on frog body