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Monday 9 December 2013

Killer Fungus

Monday Mushroom #57

Cordyceps Spp - Caterpillar Fungus
This kind of fungus infects and kills (and lives entirely on) insects. Such fungi are particularly prevalent in the warm, dank interior of the rain forest but similar fungi occur even in Britain.

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