DSC_9159 Green muscardine fungus (Metarhizium frigidum) infecting a Wellington tree weta (Hemideina crassidens). These well-known entomopathogenic fungi are present in soils around the world, and have been be used as bio-control agents in agriculture, against soil dwelling insects. Denniston Plateau *
DSC_5584 The entomopathogenic fungus (Akanthomyces aranearum) - typically the host is a spider as seen here - in a decaying beech log in silver beech forest. The fungus was originally described from North America where it is found in association with Cordyceps thaxteri. However, in NZ the Cordyceps state associated with the Akanthomyces has not been found. Waikaia River *
DSC_2608 The entomopathogenic fungus (Gibellula pulchra) on clay bank in silver beech forest. Catlins River *
