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| Tolypocladium capitatum - sprouting from a subterranean false truffle. |
Elaphomyces granulatus is a truffle-like fungus that inhabits conifer plantations. It is rarely seen as it grows a few centimeters beneath the surface. It is parasitised by an earth tongue Tolypocladium capitatum that sprouts from the truffle and heads upwards, breaching the surface so it can deposit its spores on the wind.
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| A false truffle Elaphomyces granulatus revealed by digging down the stalks of the parasites. |
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