New Zealand Fungi and Lichens

DSC_2343 Sugar icing fungus (Beauvaria bassiana) infecting a dead Common bag moth, or case moth (Liothula omnivora) which has been killed by the entomopathogenic fungus. The fungus has has colonised the caterpillar inside it's case and then sprouted through the bag. Waipori Gorge *

DSC2343Common bag mothcase mothLiothulaomnivoradeadfemalefilmy fernskilledentomopathogenicSugar icingfungusCordycepsBeauvariabassianasilver beechforestWaipori Gorge