Some macro photography of yesterdays #Isaria #cicadae sample. If you are preserving a sample in this insane humidity here, paper bags help a lot with preventing mold taking hold and monstering it. #fungifriends 4/4

OPERATION *NO REST FOR THE DEAD*
#Zombie Hunter hot jungle tips. With storms comes water rushing down the hills and washing away the leaf litter... exposing some of this places more secretive life forms. A good time to seek the former #cordyceps now known as #Isaria #cicadae 1/4

#Cordyceps #tenuipes is a #zombie #fungi infects the pupae and larvae of #butterfly and #moth. Here its monstering a moth chrysalis hidden in tree bark. A similar lookinh zombie fungi, #Isaria #cicadae is often found nearby and it instead eats cicada larvae in the soil.