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Animal / parasitoid
gregarious stroma of Cordyceps tuberculata is parasitoid of imago of Lepidoptera
Comprehensive Description
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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.
- bibliographic citation
- Fred Jay Seaver, Helen Letitia Palliser, David Griffiths. 1910. HYPOCREALES, FIMETARIALES. North American flora. vol 3(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
