BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Cordyceps militaris (L.) Link, 1833 (Scarlet Caterpillarclub)
Further Information
| Distribution | Generally widespread but uncommon in north central England and East Anglia. | Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M. |
Sets of Photographs
These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.
| Taxon | Summary |  |
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Date | Vice-county | Country |
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| Cordyceps militaris | Fruitbody | 26 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 21 Oct 2000 | Berks | England |
| Cordyceps militaris | Fruitbody | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 Aug 1999 | Berks | England | |
| Cordyceps militaris | Fruitbody | 5 | 5 | 11 Aug 2001 | West Sussex | England | ||
| Cordyceps militaris | Fruitbody | 2 | 2 | 13 Oct 1974 | Berks | England | ||
| Cordyceps militaris | Fruitbody | 1 | 1 | 14 Nov 1976 | Surrey | England |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Gibbons, B., 2008, Scarlet Caterpillar Fungus, British Wildlife, Vol 20, No. 1: 15 (Colour photograph) | Scarlet Caterpillar Fungus |
| Greenhalgh, P., 2005 (Photograph) | Fungi in Turn Slack Clough, Lancashire |
| Kibby, G., 2010, Cordyceps militaris excavated to show the moth pupa..., Field Mycology, Vol 11 (1): Rear cover (Colour photograph) | Cordyceps militaris excavated to show the moth pupa... |
Cordyceps militaris may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
FUNGI SS. (true fungi) |
ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters) |
Cordyceps (caterpillarclubs and truffleclubs) |
| Fungi sl. |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 2 feeding and other relationships of Cordyceps militaris (Scarlet Caterpillarclub)
