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tiny Moelleriella fruiting bodies seen on a leaf in Chivor

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Moelleriella Chivor Ms.jpg Calvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball is a big and widely distributed puffballThumbnailsA tiny Xylaria flabelliformis, an anamorph, and such in the past also known as Xylocoremium flabelliforme, seen in ChivorCalvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball is a big and widely distributed puffballThumbnailsA tiny Xylaria flabelliformis, an anamorph, and such in the past also known as Xylocoremium flabelliforme, seen in ChivorCalvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball is a big and widely distributed puffballThumbnailsA tiny Xylaria flabelliformis, an anamorph, and such in the past also known as Xylocoremium flabelliforme, seen in ChivorCalvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball is a big and widely distributed puffballThumbnailsA tiny Xylaria flabelliformis, an anamorph, and such in the past also known as Xylocoremium flabelliforme, seen in ChivorCalvatia cyathiformis, the purple-spored puffball is a big and widely distributed puffballThumbnailsA tiny Xylaria flabelliformis, an anamorph, and such in the past also known as Xylocoremium flabelliforme, seen in Chivor

Moelleriella is a genus of fungi within the Clavicipitaceae family (most famous for ergot - Claviceps purpurea) that infect and kill aphids. When checking leaves closely in the rainy season, Moeleriella species are everywhere, but due to their tiny size, most people never see this fungus.