Cordyceps tuberculata (Lebert) Maire 1917

Animal / parasitoid
gregarious stroma of Cordyceps tuberculata is parasitoid of imago of Lepidoptera

Cordyceps sphingum (Schw.) Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour
Linn. Soc. 10: 375. 1868.
Isaria Sphingum Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Ivcipzig 1 : 126. 1822. Torrubia Sphingum Tul. Fung. Carp. 3 : 12. 1865.
Stromata numerous, as many as thirty often springing from a single sclerotium, very slender and thread-like, about 5 cm. high and 1 mm. in thickness, cinereous, smooth or slightly pruinose, enlarged at the base, more or less bent above ; perithecia subsuperficial, subconic, 125-150 X 200-225 /«, brownish ; asci elongate, cylindric ; spores filiform, as long as the ascus, about 2 i thick.
On dead larvae in cocoon.
Type locality : North Carolina.
Distribution : New Jersey to North Carolina.

Cordyceps tuberculata est un champignon ascomycète de la famille des cordycipitacées. Il est aussi appelé Cordyceps tuberculé ou encore Cordyceps du Sphinx brun caramel.

Cordyceps tuberculata je grzib, co go nojprzōd ôpisoł Hermann Lebert, a terŏźnõ nazwã doł mu René Charles Maire 1917. Cordyceps tuberculata nŏleży do zorty Cordyceps i familije Cordycipitaceae.