Fungi: Ascomycota: Sordariomycetes: Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae: Ophiocordyceps humbertii (C.P.Robin) Petch

Ophiocordyceps humbertii

Synonyms: Cordyceps humbertii, Hirsutella saussurei, Isaria saussurei, Torrubia humbertii.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Entomopathogenic fungus Hirsutella saussurei (teleomorph Ophiocordyceps humbertii) on a paper wasp. The wasp is attached to a pine one meter above ground, in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024

Entomopathogenic fungus Hirsutella saussurei (teleomorph Ophiocordyceps humbertii) on a paper wasp attached to pine bark, in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024

Back view of a paper wasp with Entomopathogenic fungus Hirsutella saussurei (teleomorph Ophiocordyceps humbertii) in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 16, 2024

Tissues at very low magnification (with x10 objective) of fungus Ophiocordyceps humbertii from a wasp on a pine tree collected a day before in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Texas, November 17, 2024

Stroma of fungus Ophiocordyceps humbertii from a wasp (with x40 objective) collected a day before in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Texas, November 17, 2024

Phialides with conidia of fungus Ophiocordyceps humbertii from a wasp (with x100 objective) collected a day before in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Texas, November 17, 2024

Phialides with conidia of entomopathogenic fungus Ophiocordyceps humbertii from a wasp collected a day before in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Texas, November 17, 2024

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.

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