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Cordyceps tuberculata infected moth (collected). First observation from the Netherlands?
Rayan Majoor,
01-06-2021 13:03
last year, I found a mummified moth, encapsulated in fungus. With some help, I found out that this might be the fungus Cordyceps tuberculata (see https://forum.waarneming.nl/index.php/topic,467928.0.html and http://www.ascofrance.com/uploads/document/cordyceps-final-relu-CLL-09-01-3-2015-0001.pdf). However, this fungus has never before been reported in the Netherlands. Unfortunately I couldn't find it back afterwards, so I couldn't verify the observation.
Two days ago however, I found a similar mummified moth, only several hundreds of meters south from where I found the moth last year (so practically at the same location). Both moths were positioned at the upper end of a branch of Calluna vulgaris, quite clearly visible for anyone with an eye for the smaller creatures in nature.
This time of course I have collected the specimen. However, I do not know anyone who would be able to confirm the identification (or maybe identify it as another species). Moreover, I do not have the equipment or experience to make a microscopic documentation of the spores. So is there anyone who knows an expert who could take a look at this specimen and give me a definitive identification?
Kind regards,
Rayan Majoor
(P.S. the photos are from the specimen from two days ago (and can also be viewed here https://waarneming.nl/observation/215379105/). Photo's from the specimen of last year can be viewed here https://waarneming.nl/observation/192574951/).
laurent magne,
01-06-2021 14:10
Re : Cordyceps tuberculata infected moth (collected). First observation from the Netherlands?
bonjour Ryan
c'est la bonne identification.
Bonne journée
laurent
Rayan Majoor,
01-06-2021 20:13
Re : Cordyceps tuberculata infected moth (collected). First observation from the Netherlands?
Bonjour Laurent,
merci beaucoup! 'New' species for the Netherlands, I wonder whether there are still other places where it can be found within the country. But good to know that it indeed is C. tuberculata.
Kind regards,
Rayan Majoor
merci beaucoup! 'New' species for the Netherlands, I wonder whether there are still other places where it can be found within the country. But good to know that it indeed is C. tuberculata.
Kind regards,
Rayan Majoor





