File:Paltothyreus tarsatus, Ophiocordyceps species (João P. M. Araújo).jpg

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Paltothyreus tarsatus biting onto a green stem. Once infected by an Ophiocordyceps species (still undescribed), it climbs up to a vertical stem to die biting onto it. In this case, the fungus we see is actually a hyerparasite of the Ophiocordyceps fungus, which overcame it and procuced these torrubielloid sexual structures. (© João P. M. Araújo)

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current16:58, 20 October 2018Thumbnail for version as of 16:58, 20 October 2018771 × 1,024 (121 KB)SShattuck (talk | contribs)Palthotyreus tarsatus biting onto a green stem. Once infected by an Ophiocordyceps species (still undescribed), it climbs up to a vertical stem to die biting onto it. In this case, the fungus we see is actually a hyerparasite of the Ophiocordyceps fung...

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