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Icing Sugar Fungus (Beauveria bassiana)
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White fungus slowly taking over, creeping into all of your body...
Icing Sugar Fungus (Beauveria bassiana)
This is Polycephalomyces tomentosus a tiny fungus that grows on slime mould sporangia.
Spiders ravaged by Parasitic Fungi
Though I’m not sure if all these fungi are the same species, fungi in the Gibellula genus seem to attack arachnids in particular.
Unidentified, genus Gibellula
02/11/22 - 14/10/22 - 19/10/22
An incredibly powerful type of fungal parasite that is known to turn ants into actual zombies is actually even more devious than was first thought. The fungus, called Ophiocordyceps unilteralis, ca…
The discovery sheds light on how the fungus can force the ant to behave in any way it chooses, as the insides of the host are transformed into fungal cells. “Fungal cells were found throughout the host body but not in the brain, implying that behavioral control of the animal body by this microbe occurs peripherally,” the paper explains. “Additionally, fungal cells invaded host muscle fibers and joined together to form networks that encircled the muscles. These networks may represent a collective foraging behavior of this parasite, which may, in turn, facilitate host manipulation.”
“In essence, these manipulated animals were a fungus in ants’ clothing,” David Hughes, senior author of the work, says. “Normally in animals, behavior is controlled by the brain sending signals to the muscles, but our results suggest that the parasite is controlling host behavior peripherally. Almost like a puppeteer pulls the strings to make a marionette move, the fungus controls the ant’s muscles to manipulate the host’s legs and mandibles.”
Because these things weren’t horrifying enough
An example of insect-attacking fungus
These photos were taken by a family member. Parasitic fungi, from what I’ve found in this area, usually attack flies, spiders, and moths. These fungi often has a very strange affect on these insects. Giving them a melted appearance.
Fungi: Unidentified, family Cordycipitaceae
host: genus Asota
16/06/22
The caterpillar-attacking fungus
Of course this isn’t the only kind, but it’s native to this area (Far North Queensland).
Metarhizium rileyi
31/05/21, 30/08/21, 07/08/22, 09/09/22
Flies ravaged by Parasitic Fungi
An example of how a fungus can attack a fly can be seen in this video. *However the fungi pictured above would be different species entirely
complex Entomophthora muscae
Ophiocordyceps dipterigena
Unidentified
19/10/22 & 13/11/22
Nectria cinnabarina
Zinnoberroter Pustelpilz
Nectria cinnabarina
Zinnoberroter Pustelpilz
Ordnung: Hypocreales (Krustenkugelpilzartige) Familie: Nectriaceae (Pustelpilzverwandte) Ort: Rote Wand, Tyrnau, Österreich Aufnahmedatum: 22. November 2014