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Isaria tenuipes Not 100 percent on ID, but it seems the most likely candidate. Sorry for lack of in-situ photo! Urghh! Dropped the ball there. Found at the edge of a dense mixed (hickory-oak) forest in Gordon County, Georgia, US. June 20, 2019.<br /> <br /> I noticed the fruiting body poking out of mud/soil on the side of a ridge. Mostly oaks and hickories growing nearby. With careful digging, I produced the Lepidopteran pupal host (not sure of species, so feel free to help out there as well). <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/80803/isaria_tenuipes.html" title="Isaria tenuipes"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/80803_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1718236810&Signature=vd67qBAG6yQ27PDmUjZd1Ta8fYs%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Isaria tenuipes Not 100 percent on ID, but it seems the most likely candidate. Sorry for lack of in-situ photo! Urghh! Dropped the ball there. Found at the edge of a dense mixed (hickory-oak) forest in Gordon County, Georgia, US. June 20, 2019.<br /> <br /> I noticed the fruiting body poking out of mud/soil on the side of a ridge. Mostly oaks and hickories growing nearby. With careful digging, I produced the Lepidopteran pupal host (not sure of species, so feel free to help out there as well). <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/80802/isaria_sp.html Cordyceps tenuipes,Geotagged,Spring,United States" /></a></figure> Cordyceps tenuipes,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Isaria tenuipes

Not 100 percent on ID, but it seems the most likely candidate. Sorry for lack of in-situ photo! Urghh! Dropped the ball there. Found at the edge of a dense mixed (hickory-oak) forest in Gordon County, Georgia, US. June 20, 2019.

I noticed the fruiting body poking out of mud/soil on the side of a ridge. Mostly oaks and hickories growing nearby. With careful digging, I produced the Lepidopteran pupal host (not sure of species, so feel free to help out there as well).

Isaria tenuipes Not 100 percent on ID, but it seems the most likely candidate. Sorry for lack of in-situ photo! Urghh! Dropped the ball there. Found at the edge of a dense mixed (hickory-oak) forest in Gordon County, Georgia, US. June 20, 2019.<br /> <br /> I noticed the fruiting body poking out of mud/soil on the side of a ridge. Mostly oaks and hickories growing nearby. With careful digging, I produced the Lepidopteran pupal host (not sure of species, so feel free to help out there as well). <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/80802/isaria_sp.html Cordyceps tenuipes,Geotagged,Spring,United States

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    How cool! Isaria looks extremely likely. This species article has a photo almost identical to yours, sadly the distribution does not match and it's quite a big genus:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaria_sinclairii     Posted 4 years ago
    1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
      Flown Kimmerling
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      Thanks, Ferdy! I will keep that on my list of possibles! Posted 4 years ago
      1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
        Flown Kimmerling
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        Most likely candidate seems to be Isaria/ Cordyceps tenuipes at this point! Posted 4 years ago

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The Cordyceps tenuipes

Cordyceps tenuipes is a cosmopolitan fungus that parasitizes insects. It is also known as Isaria tenuipes and Paecilomyces tenuipes.

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Similar species: Hypocreales
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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Uploaded Jun 21, 2019. Captured Jun 19, 2019 21:19 in 234 Oakman Rd NE, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • f/5.6
  • 1/166s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm

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