BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Cordyceps militaris (L.) Link, 1833 (Scarlet Caterpillarclub)
| Distribution | Generally widespread but uncommon in north central England and East Anglia. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordyceps militaris | Fruitbody | 11 August 2001 | West Sussex | England | 5 | ||
| Cordyceps militaris | Fruitbody | 21 October 2000 | Berks | England | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| Cordyceps militaris | Fruitbody | 28 August 1999 | Berks | England | 5 | 4 | |
| Cordyceps militaris | Fruitbody | 14 November 1976 | Surrey | England | 1 | ||
| Cordyceps militaris | Fruitbody | 13 October 1974 | Berks | England | 2 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Greenhalgh, P., 2005 (Photograph) | Fungi in Turn Slack Clough, Lancashire |
Cordyceps militaris may also be covered by literature listed under:
|
BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCOTA (spore-shooters) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
Cordyceps (caterpillarclubs and truffleclubs) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Cordyceps militaris is associated with:
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stroma | Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths | solitary (usually) stroma is parasitoid of buried (usually) larva | Dennis, R.W.G., 1978 | |
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stroma | Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths | solitary (usually) stroma is parasitoid of buried (usually) pupa | Dennis, R.W.G., 1978 |
Associated with Cordyceps militaris:
Cordyceps militaris may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
|
MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
Cordyceps (caterpillarclubs and truffleclubs) |
References
| Dennis, R.W.G., 1978 | British Ascomycetes |
