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Moelleriella sp

Moelleriella sp DW Ms.jpg Moelleriella cluster on a palm frondThumbnailsMoelleriella sp., a Cordyceps relative parasitizing on aphids. Yes somewhere under that yellow fungal tissue is a digested tiny insect.Moelleriella cluster on a palm frondThumbnailsMoelleriella sp., a Cordyceps relative parasitizing on aphids. Yes somewhere under that yellow fungal tissue is a digested tiny insect.Moelleriella cluster on a palm frondThumbnailsMoelleriella sp., a Cordyceps relative parasitizing on aphids. Yes somewhere under that yellow fungal tissue is a digested tiny insect.Moelleriella cluster on a palm frondThumbnailsMoelleriella sp., a Cordyceps relative parasitizing on aphids. Yes somewhere under that yellow fungal tissue is a digested tiny insect.Moelleriella cluster on a palm frondThumbnailsMoelleriella sp., a Cordyceps relative parasitizing on aphids. Yes somewhere under that yellow fungal tissue is a digested tiny insect.

Moelleriella are entomophagous (+insect eating) fungi specialized in attacking tiny aphids