BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters)

SORDARIOMYCETES
(a class of ascomycetes)

HYPOCREOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of ascomycetes)

HYPOCREALES
(an order of ascomycetes and lichens)

CORDYCIPITACEAE
(a family of ascomycetes)

Cordyceps
(caterpillarclubs and truffleclubs)

Cordyceps militaris
(Scarlet Caterpillarclub)

Cordyceps militaris
is also a member of:

Lower Plants
(via Fungi ss.)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Cordyceps militaris (L.) Link, 1833 (Scarlet Caterpillarclub)

Date:	21 October 2000
OS grid ref:	SU56
Lat/Lon:	51° 30' N, 1° 10' W
Location:	Vice County: Berks, VC22, England
Voucher:	21/10/2000[A] (Please quote this in any queries about this record)
Stage or state:	Fruitbody
Record Summary:	growing from moth pupa in moss
Associated organism:	on pupa of Lepidoptera
Identification Notes:	Spore print: white, non-amyloid. Ascospores: multiseriate, 180-230/1.5µm, breaking into part-spores 3-4/1.5µm

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