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excavated spider burrow with Purpureocillium atypicola in Virgen del Morro

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Out of the burrow of a trapdoor spider (see hinged lid) grows the Cordyceps relative Purpureocillium atypicola. The spider is on the inside and mostly digested by the parasitic fungus.