Cordyceps hawkesii

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Common Name: Vegetable Caterpillar

Another vegetable caterpillar, less often seen than the more common C. gunnii. The fruiting body is divided into a fertile head and a sterile stalk. The club shaped, minutely granular, greyish stroma is attached to underground larva or pupa.

Fruiting body
Divided into a fertile head and a sterile stalk.
Habitat
References

Distribution map

Map based on Fungimap records to March 2000

Last modified on 28 May 2001

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