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excavated spider burrow with Purpureocillium atypicola in Virgen del Morro

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Purpureocillium atypicola trap Virgen cel Morro Cp1 DW Ms.jpg A cyphelloid pored fungus seen DoChu LaThumbnailsSame Deconica sp. with interesting speckled stipes growing in Chivor forest above Sta Maria.A cyphelloid pored fungus seen DoChu LaThumbnailsSame Deconica sp. with interesting speckled stipes growing in Chivor forest above Sta Maria.A cyphelloid pored fungus seen DoChu LaThumbnailsSame Deconica sp. with interesting speckled stipes growing in Chivor forest above Sta Maria.A cyphelloid pored fungus seen DoChu LaThumbnailsSame Deconica sp. with interesting speckled stipes growing in Chivor forest above Sta Maria.A cyphelloid pored fungus seen DoChu LaThumbnailsSame Deconica sp. with interesting speckled stipes growing in Chivor forest above Sta Maria.A cyphelloid pored fungus seen DoChu LaThumbnailsSame Deconica sp. with interesting speckled stipes growing in Chivor forest above Sta Maria.

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.