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Fungi:> Ascomycota:> Ascomycetes:> Sordariomycetidae:> Hypocreales:> Clavicipitaceae:> Cordyceps.
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Members of the Clavicipitaceae family grow by infecting insect larvae or mature insects with spores. These germinate and grow to slowly consume the insect till it dies. At which time they then produces spore bearing structures. Cordyceps are sexual state of the fungus, where Paecilomyces are the asexual form. Other websites
- Cordyceps fungus
- Clavicipitaceae
- Cyclosporin mold's
- Cornell University
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Genus: Cordyceps  
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Species: Cordyceps bassiana
Known in New Zealand from its anamorph state only, usually refered to as Beauvaria bassiana 		More imagesBeauveria bassiana
Common Name: Sugar icing fungus
Found: Mixed Forest
Substrate: Dead Bugs
Season: Autumn
Edible: No
Spores: White
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Species: Cordyceps robertsii Hooker
More imagesCordyceps robertsii
Common Name: Vegetable Caterpillar
Found: Nothofagus Forests
Substrate: Ground partly buried
Spores: ?
Height: 100 mm Above ground
Width: 3 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: No
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Species: Cordyceps tuberculata (Lebert) Maire.
More imagesCordyceps tuberculata
Common Name: None
Found: Leptospermum bush
Substrate: Moth
Spores: ?
Height: 15 mm
Width: 25 mm
Season: Winter
Edible: No
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Unidentified  
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The fungi below are those that I have been unable to identify beyond there genus. This maybe due to me miss understanding the keys, a species that has not yet been described (named) or no keys avalable to me.  
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Species: Cordyceps sp.
  Cordyceps sp.
Common Name: None
Found: Mixed Forest
Substrate: Wasp
Spores: ?
Height: 15 mm
Width: 0.5 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: No
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Species: Podocrella species
Found on surface of rotten log growing from a grub within.
More imagesCordyceps sp.
Common Name: None
Found: Mixed Forest
Substrate: Grub
Spores: ?
Height: 6 mm
Width: 10 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: No
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Fungi:> Ascomycota:> Hyphomycete:> Akanthomyces, Gibellula, Isaria.
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Below are a group of fungi that don't fit in well within my website and have nothing to do with the clavicipitaceae family .  
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Genus: Akanthomyces  
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Species: Akanthomyces aranearum (Petch) Mains
More imagesAkanthomyces aranearum
Common Name: None
Found: Mixed Forest
Substrate: Spider
Spores: ?
Height: 5 mm
Width: 0.5 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: No
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Genus: Gibellula  
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Species: Gibellula pulchra More imagesGibellula
Common Name: None
Found: Costal bush
Substrate: Spider
Spores: ?		 Height: 8 mm
Width: 8 mm
Season: Winter
Edible: No
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Genus: Isaria  
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Species: Isaria sinclairii

More imagesIsaria sinclairii
Common Name: Vegetable cicada
Found: Mixed Forest
Substrate: Ground partly buried
Spores: White
Height: 40 mm
Width: 4 mm
Season: ?
Edible: No
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