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Cordyceps
    #22127308 - 08/22/15 02:32 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Cordyceps are a super interesting group of fungi. The way they parasitize insects and other fungi. The purported health benefits of some species.
They are small and hard to see, but once you learn how to spot them, these things are a lot more common than I ever would have thought.

Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides (growing from  Elaphomyces)
 

Cordyceps militaris (growing from moth cocoons)
         
This one I'm less sure about because I was unable to locate an insect host.


This one I need some help on an ID.
It was so small, I could barely get an in focus picture.
By the time I got home and tried examine it more, it had dried out so much and was so much smaller that I don't know what I'm even looking at.
I think it's growing on some sort of insect larvae. But I really don't know. Perhaps  someone with a microscope wants to look at it?


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: foragedfungus]
    #22128060 - 08/22/15 05:54 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Very cool man:thumbup:


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: kactus.brand.g]
    #22189668 - 09/04/15 07:13 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Found another one!
 


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: foragedfungus]
    #22189686 - 09/04/15 07:15 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Badass fungi, thanks for sharing!  :cool::thumbup:


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: MidnightCity]
    #22189699 - 09/04/15 07:18 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Those are wild!!!


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: grabsjoker]
    #22190350 - 09/04/15 09:24 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

arent those prized for medicinal uses?

I found some cordyceps capitatta once, they got all moldy before i could dehydrate them tho =(

Those above...made me so sad when they rotted away.


Edited by TheShroomanizer (09/04/15 09:26 PM)


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: TheShroomanizer]
    #22190466 - 09/04/15 09:45 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

They are.
" C. militaris are beneficial to act as pro-sexual, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant/anti-aging, anti-tumour/anti-cancer/anti-leukemic, anti-proliferative, anti-metastatic, immunomodulatory, anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-protozoal, insecticidal, larvicidal, anti-fibrotic, steroidogenic, hypoglacaemic, hypolipidaemic, anti-angiogenetic, anti-diabetic, anti-HIV, anti-malarial, anti-fatigue, neuroprotective, liver-protective, reno-protective as well as pneumo-protective".

Did you dig those up and find the elaphomyces truffle they were growing from?
According to the audubon field guide C .capitata are used by shamans in mexico for divining the future!


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: foragedfungus]
    #22190563 - 09/04/15 10:00 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

I actualy didnt know what they were at first, i was doing yard work for some lady, and she had about 5 years of leaves in her yard.  I was raking, and i kept finding them, so i spent half the day picking mushrooms....I later found that they thrive in LOW oxygen climates, which is why their so very rare...normaly at High altitudes.  But now i know the secret to finding them where i live,  Find places where water bottoms out, and leaves are piled high...much like where worms make their compost.  And dig up the old rotton leaves, and whalla...cordyceps.


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: TheShroomanizer]
    #22191408 - 09/05/15 04:41 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Dude, you're just one post away from a thousand!


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: grabsjoker]
    #22193001 - 09/05/15 02:31 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Just wow! I'm fascinated by Cordyceps
Where are you from? Just curious where did you find them :smile:

Wonder what is this one


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: seahorse]
    #22193326 - 09/05/15 04:00 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

I'm glad you showed me this thread, I never check this forum.


Elaphomyces looks crazy. Those are different funghi that are attacked by cordyceps, right?

I would be cloning all cordyceps I would find, you can cultivate some of them artificially. It's a bit hard to get clean tissue from such thin mushrooms, but you can always try cloning the inside of the bug or maybe even elaphomyces?

Check out Isaria species so you don't miss them. They are related to cordyceps, some can be artificially cultivated as far as I know and they are also medicinal. They are less researched I think. But they look awesome, white and more complicated shapes.

Mushrooms that you find grow mostly around moss, right?


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: RogerSmith]
    #22193637 - 09/05/15 05:13 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Eastern USA mid-Atlantic region. It was an incredibly rare find, and im sick about not taking the time to clone, or save them properly. When you say "Most mushrooms around moss" Not really, I find wood lovers around wood, manure lovers around manure, etc etc.  HOWEVER moss is a good place to look for cordyceps IMO, because moss enjoys low oxygen climates, like many species of cordyceps.  Morels are another mushroom that like low oxygen, from what I understand.  I am dedicating this fall hunting season to make my mission to find cordyceps.  I would much rather find Medicinal mushrooms over Active mushrooms any day. But thats just me, im fascinated by all fungi


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: TheShroomanizer]
    #22193874 - 09/05/15 06:08 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Where are you from? Just curious where did you find them :smile:



These were all found in upstate NY (US).

RogerSmith- Thanks for stopping by.
Elaphomyces is a genus of underground puffball, "false truffle" fungi. I never would have found them if I didn't first find the cordyceps growing off of them.

I hadn't thought to even try cloning the ophioglossoides, but then I read
"Cordyceps ophioglossoides which attacks false truffle mushrooms has been studied in Japan and found that it "may protect the A.BETA.-induced neuronal cell death and memory loss through free radical scavenging activity. These results further suggest that Cordyceps ophioglossoides mycelium may be valuable for the protection from Alzheimer's dementia."- http://www.mushroommountain.com/medicineandnutrition/cordyceps.asp

I have been trying to get a culture from The C. militaris. It has been difficult, My first 15 or so attempts all got crazy bacteria. They are really small and dry out super fast. When you peel the outside shell from the cocoon, the bug inside is completely covered in mycelium.


    "Mushrooms that you find grow mostly around moss, right?"
I think they grow wherever the caterpillar decided to do it's cocoon thing. I've seen them in decaying logs, in moss, in leaf litter, coming out of the ground in the middle of a trail in the woods.


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: foragedfungus]
    #22193950 - 09/05/15 06:32 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

When you culture, have you tried cutting healthy mycelium away from the bacteria? or does the bacteria directly infect the healthy mycelium? What medium have you been using?


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: foragedfungus]
    #22193978 - 09/05/15 06:39 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Lol, 15 attempts. You know what is the problem with wild mushrooms many times? They get wet and bacteria get inside them, and than you wanna clone and the second day you check you see bacteria stain. But it is possible that mycelium may recover anyway so giv it some time. I thought I lost one petri last time because of bacteria but I decided to postpone throwing it out and mycelium recovered enough to be transfered to new dish, I was so glad because I really wanted to get dat culture. It help to throw pieces in hot agar. I also tried colonizing substrate with high ph instead of agar in dishes because I hoped mycelium would outrun bacteria.
When I clone cordyceps I try finding the widest part, I break it there and try to scope tissue from inside, it actually work pretty well for me but my cordyceps doesn't grow outside..
Put cordyceps in plastic bag and it won't dry out :voila:

And when I was asking about moss, I meant cordyceps, not other mushrooms. I should have been more specific.

Here's my dish containing fresh culture (it's also contaminated with trich :mad2:)



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Re: Cordyceps [Re: RogerSmith]
    #22194100 - 09/05/15 07:14 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

The are all on PDA. 15 dishes from 3 fruits.
The first few times I tried were all on day old fruits. They all grew bacteria before the cordyceps could even recover.

The one that looks like it's coming along well, I dug up a chunk of ground around it and brought the whole thing home. Worked on it that night.
5 out of 8 dishes have good looking growth.

Freshness is key.
Here is the one from yesterday after 24hrs.

They are so small, and get so much smaller so fast....
There is barely anything there to take a sample from.


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: foragedfungus]
    #22194156 - 09/05/15 07:25 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

I would take a sample from the outermost part of that dish, furthest from the trich asap.  That trich will explode, and spores will go all over if it hasent already.


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: TheShroomanizer]
    #22196296 - 09/06/15 09:21 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

I found some cordyceps militaris this past summer in central Pa. on the bank of a stream. I dug it up, including the bug, and ate the cordyceps (minus the bug portion). I ate 1 piece a day, every other day til it was gone. It gave me great energy and made me feel really healthy. The bug seems to have been mostly taken over by the fungus, so I'm wondering if there's any way I may cultivate some cordyceps from the bug (a moth I believe). Also, I see that some others have been finding them. Is there any particular terrain where they are found? Any type of tree to look for them near etc? Those I found were near the base of a maple, on a stream bed, growing next to some russulas. I have 3 pics of the ones I found.


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: Stewbid1]
    #22196309 - 09/06/15 09:26 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Sorry for a second post, I forgot to say that I vacuum sealed the insect and have kept it in my refrigerator for about a month now. It still looks like it did the day I dug it up.


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: Stewbid1]
    #22197328 - 09/06/15 01:45 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Awesome!
So you are saying you ate those 3 fruits over 6 days and felt noticeable effects?
Did you just munch them down fresh/whole? or cook them? or in tea? extract?
Do you think it was all the cordyceps? or some amount of placebo effect?

You should be able to cultivate them. You'll need agar. I had trouble getting a clone from any but the freshest specimen. if you have the bug in the fridge it may still be possible to get a viable sample.
Only way you'll know is if you try!! (and the only way we'll know is if you post about it!!!)

I've found c. militaris in -leaf litter (mostly oak), under the dirt in a trail with pine trees around, coming out of decaying wood, and in moss. The only thing all of the habitats had in common is being near very wet areas.
But that's the kind of habitat I'm always in, looking for mushrooms. So :shrug:


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: foragedfungus]
    #22197381 - 09/06/15 02:02 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

OOps, I tried to reply and I have no clue where I just posted it lol.
Yes, I ate all 3 of those over a few days.
I ate them whole and fresh after rinsing the dirt off.
It was the mushrooms. Better than a 5 hour energy and no jitters or crash!

I might as well try the bug in some agar.. lol good point.

It sounds like we found them around very similar terrain, one of your pics looks like it's on an oak leaf, no? I found them in a mixed forest as well, with pines.


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: foragedfungus]
    #22197483 - 09/06/15 02:29 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides (growing from  Elaphomyces)




Now known as Tolypocladium ophioglossoides, here's the paper on it:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4107890/

Here are my photos of this species, from Zacualtipan, Hidalgo, Mexico:



Cross section hymenophore / perithecia 40x



Cross section hymenophore / perithecia 400x




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About the Cordyceps militaris, there are several species in this group and I recommend DNA sequencing to clarify things.  If you have a spare $20, please send it to alvalab.es and post the sequence you get back here.



Regarding the one you need ID on, that is an interesting species.  I asked a Cordyceps expert her opinion, if you don't hear back within a week PM me and I will find more Cordyceps experts.


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #22197689 - 09/06/15 03:23 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Stewbid1- You should try. the best looking dishes I made came from the colonized bug inside the cocoon.

Alan-Thanks for the info. Great pictures (as always).
I'm a little low on cash for dna sequencing this week. But I do have dried specimens and a clone going on agar. so in the near future.

I'm very interested in what this expert (or others) will have to say.
Here is a closer up shot of the only identifying characteristic I could get in focus. The tip of the bugs tail (or head?).


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #22197971 - 09/06/15 03:59 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Regarding the one you need ID on, that is an interesting species.  I asked a Cordyceps expert her opinion, if you don't hear back within a week PM me and I will find more Cordyceps experts.




This one looks similar to cordyceps in this video at 1:52 - 1:55. It's the first video when you search cordyceps on youtube actually, most of the video talks about cordyceps and ants, after my mark there are few nice shots of different cordyceps. I think some funghi shown are isaria. Maybe this one could be some sort of Isaria too? But the yellow color is a bit unusual for Isaria I think.



I have a few questions for you Alan, i don't expect you to know the answers, but I may as well as try since you r here.

Why does C. Militaris stop producing fruits from old culture? The culture itself changes also. It grows slower, it grows thicker, and it doesn't color orange - or if it does it is hardly noticable. I'm still researching how this degeneration works (for example I am testing fruiting capabilities of culture stored in different ways, cloning, lc, slants, petri, temperature, .. - it is very time consuming).


Do any other cordyceps species degenerate, or is this exclusive for militaris? Do Isaria species degenerate? (some species can be cultivated if I'm right, I think tenuipes).


Here is a comparison between old and "fresh" culture, they went to fruiting room at the same time, the old was colonizing more than 2 months, the "fresh" was finished in less than 14 days.


I also found out that C.M. mycelium has interesting characteristic. I think cells from mycelium get separated pretty quick, because everytime any kind of water in my petri touches mycelium, it carries the culture. So mycelium grows from anywhere water gets in contact with. Or if you roll wedge around on grains, mycelium pops op everywhere wedge contacted grains. Do any other mushrooms have this characteristic? Do you know what I'm talking about or are you hearing this for the first time?


Here is also an interesting tree of life for cordyceps species, I was suprised to see it is related to Claviceps species.


EDIT: I also wonder how long does cordyceps grow fruiting body in the nature. Invitro it grows 30-45 days. But I doubt it would need this long in wild


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: foragedfungus]
    #22201357 - 09/07/15 10:25 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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I'm very interested in what this expert (or others) will have to say.
Here is a closer up shot of the only identifying characteristic I could get in focus. The tip of the bugs tail (or head?).





I guess it's a Coleoptera.

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Why does C. Militaris stop producing fruits from old culture? The culture itself changes also. It grows slower, it grows thicker, and it doesn't color orange - or if it does it is hardly noticable. I'm still researching how this degeneration works (for example I am testing fruiting capabilities of culture stored in different ways, cloning, lc, slants, petri, temperature, .. - it is very time consuming).


Do any other cordyceps species degenerate, or is this exclusive for militaris? Do Isaria species degenerate? (some species can be cultivated if I'm right, I think tenuipes).




I don't know.  I have never grown any mushrooms so I don't have any opinion on cultivation stuff.

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I also found out that C.M. mycelium has interesting characteristic. I think cells from mycelium get separated pretty quick, because everytime any kind of water in my petri touches mycelium, it carries the culture. So mycelium grows from anywhere water gets in contact with. Or if you roll wedge around on grains, mycelium pops op everywhere wedge contacted grains. Do any other mushrooms have this characteristic? Do you know what I'm talking about or are you hearing this for the first time?




I don't know - maybe it is making asexual spores?


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EDIT: I also wonder how long does cordyceps grow fruiting body in the nature. Invitro it grows 30-45 days. But I doubt it would need this long in wild




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Re: Cordyceps [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #22266453 - 09/20/15 06:54 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Went out hiking today and found all sorts of cordyceps!!!!!

Isaria sp. (thanks rogersmith for telling me about these, wouldn't have found it if you didn't mention them earlier in this thread.)
 

This one I have no idea on
   

Cordyceps canadensis (I think)


Another C.militaris, 6th one I've found this season
   


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    #22268693 - 09/21/15 10:22 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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This one I have no idea on






Looks like Cordyceps melolonthae.


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Re: Cordyceps [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #22270681 - 09/21/15 06:03 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Alan thank you for your help. I have sent an email to the address you gave me, I will update this thread when (if) I hear back.
I don't think my most recent find is C.melolnthae, from what I can find that species grows on beetle larvae, the host of the one I found is a cicada.
I pulled some more of the mycelium off to see the bug better.
 


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    #22270696 - 09/21/15 06:07 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Alan thank you for your help. I have sent an email to the address you gave me, I will update this thread when (if) I hear back.
I don't think my most recent find is C.melolnthae, from what I can find that species grows on beetle larvae, the host of the one I found is a cicada.
I pulled some more of the mycelium off to see the bug better.





Correctly identifying the insect, at least to family level is extremely important for Cordyceps identification.    When I am in the field, I just look to see if it is Coleoptera or Lepidoptera. 

Since yours is in a cicada, how about Cordyceps cicadae?


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    #22273110 - 09/22/15 08:56 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Since yours is in a cicada, how about Cordyceps cicadae?




It does not look like the photos of C.cicadae that I find online, but most (all?) of them are from china and thailand.

The same day I found this I ran into BobZimmer in the woods. He showed me a similar cordyceps that he found. It was also growing from a cicada, but had a slightly different shape and was much darker colored. The morphology could just vary based on environment, or age?

I did include photos of this latest find in my email to your expert, so hopefully he will get back to me.

Here is a study where they cultivate C. cicadae, and they found medicinal compounds.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768836/

I will try cloning it this afternoon (I hope I didn't wait too long). It is much larger than C.militaris so it should be easier to get a tissue sample.


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    #22274225 - 09/22/15 01:55 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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The same day I found this I ran into BobZimmer in the woods.




Lucky!  I have always wanted to run into him so I can tell him how awesome Barak Obama is.  I do it on Facebook pretty often, and it's funny, but would be funnier in person. 


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He showed me a similar cordyceps that he found. It was also growing from a cicada, but had a slightly different shape and was much darker colored. The morphology could just vary based on environment, or age?




Probably the same - checking microscopic features and the DNA sequences can help figure these things out.

DNA sequencing is how they learned that Isaria is really an anamorph of Cordyceps - they looked super different, but have identical sequences.  The teleomorphs look cooler in my opinion.

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I did include photos of this latest find in my email to your expert, so hopefully he will get back to me.




He moved to New York yesterday, so he is probably a bit busy, but if he does not get back to you I will send someone to his house to break his fingers.


There are going to be a lot of misidentified Cordyceps photos on the web - try to find out where the holotype was collected and get photos from as close to that area as possible.  I gave all of my Mexican Cordyceps collections to a really hot girl in Mexico City, and she sequenced them all and found several new species.  Most things that we think of as species are actually groups, for example Cordyceps unilateralis, the one that grows on ants has one name for thousands of species.


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    #22274982 - 09/22/15 04:26 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Really beautiful pics foragedfungus!

That cordyceps looks like Cicadae to me but who knows.

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DNA sequencing is how they learned that Isaria is really an anamorph of Cordyceps - they looked super different, but have identical sequences.  The teleomorphs look cooler in my opinion.




I think I read something similar somewhere but I'm a bit confused.
Anamorph means that it doesn't produce fruiting body because it is asexual. But Isaria clearly makes white body. This white body should produce spores, right? I mean, what would be the point of growing body without spores.


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    #22277696 - 09/23/15 07:42 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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Lucky!  I have always wanted to run into him so I can tell him how awesome Barak Obama is. 




:lmafo: I thought I was lucky to run into him because he knows way more about mushrooms than me. 
He's actually kinda liberal compared to the rest of our town. There are multiple houses on my block that fly confederate flags on the porch!! In New York state!!!

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Probably the same - checking microscopic features and the DNA sequences can help figure these things out.

DNA sequencing is how they learned that Isaria is really an anamorph of Cordyceps - they looked super different, but have identical sequences.  The teleomorphs look cooler in my opinion.




I am a little confused by this concept.
The anamorph makes asexual spores. So these spores do not need to meet other spores to form new colonies?
The teleomorph produces sexual spores. these spores need to combine with other sexual spores to form a new colony?

Isaria is the anamorph and cordyceps the teleomorph?

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if he does not get back to you I will send someone to his house to break his fingers.




Seems a bit extreme, maybe just a second email/call?

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I gave all of my Mexican Cordyceps collections to a really hot girl in Mexico City, and she sequenced them all and found several new species.



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Guess I'm going to have to start saving up for DNA sequencing.

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Really beautiful pics foragedfungus!



Thank you RogerSmith, but they are actually mediocre pictures of really beautiful fungi!

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That cordyceps looks like Cicadae to me but who knows.



Hopefully this expert Alan referred me to.

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I think I read something similar somewhere but I'm a bit confused.
Anamorph means that it doesn't produce fruiting body because it is asexual. But Isaria clearly makes white body. This white body should produce spores, right? I mean, what would be the point of growing body without spores.




The Isaria That I found was definitely producing spores, it made a cloud of dust when I touched it, you can see the white powder all around it in the picture.
I THINK the spores it produces are asexual? But I am also kind of confused by this concept.


Update- I think I've finally got a clean culture from the C. militaris!


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    #22277871 - 09/23/15 09:01 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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I think I read something similar somewhere but I'm a bit confused.
Anamorph means that it doesn't produce fruiting body because it is asexual. But Isaria clearly makes white body. This white body should produce spores, right? I mean, what would be the point of growing body without spores.




The Isaria That I found was definitely producing spores, it made a cloud of dust when I touched it, you can see the white powder all around it in the picture.
I THINK the spores it produces are asexual? But I am also kind of confused by this concept.





I don't think any spores can be asexual. (Am I right Alan?) Well, ascospores divide into smaller part-spores, I think 1 C.M. ascospore divides to 128 part-spores if i remembered correct. But those part-spores still have have 2 mating types (I remember MAT-1 & MAT-2 from science articles).


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    #22278160 - 09/23/15 10:33 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

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He's actually kinda liberal compared to the rest of our town. There are multiple houses on my block that fly confederate flags on the porch!! In New York state!!!




Haha yea he is super cool.  I just like to tease him because he always posts anti-obama stuff on Facebook.  Last year I married him and he was not amused.  You can marry anyone you want on Facebook if they aren't already in a relationship - if they don't accept the announcement still goes to all of your friends.  If you have a lot of friends in common with the person, doesn't really matter that they reject your proposal.

I can't believe that there are confederate flags in New York state!!!  I have never seen one in California or Mexico, I only see them on Facebook : )

Speaking of confederate flags, I saw this yesterday and thought it was pretty funny.  These people impersonate customer service reps and give hilarious responses.



http://www.wehopethathelps.com



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The anamorph makes asexual spores. So these spores do not need to meet other spores to form new colonies?




Right!  At the expense of genetic diversity.


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The teleomorph produces sexual spores. these spores need to combine with other sexual spores to form a new colony?




Yes, this gives them genetic diversity so that one single type of parasite can't wipe out the entire population.


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Isaria is the anamorph and cordyceps the teleomorph?





Exactly.  Except that the C in Cordyceps should be capitalized and it should be in italics.  That's the rules : )


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if he does not get back to you I will send someone to his house to break his fingers.




Seems a bit extreme, maybe just a second email/call?




That's what I meant.  I am in Mexico so email it is!


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Guess I'm going to have to start saving up for DNA sequencing.





Yes!  It's $20 a pop from alvalab.es, or I can help you set up a DNA lab in a spare room in your house and that will run you about $1500, plus $7 or so per sample, and countless hours of your life. But if you like chemicals as much as I do, it's totally worth it!



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Thank you RogerSmith, but they are actually mediocre pictures of really beautiful fungi!





They could use a little more depth of field, so close the aperture on your camera a bit.  Assuming your camera has an aperture - if not, back off a bit & crop.  The lighting could be better, a ring flash would really make these photos awesome.  Or if you like the natural look, tape some tinfoil to some cardboard and use that to reflect more light.

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The Isaria That I found was definitely producing spores, it made a cloud of dust when I touched it, you can see the white powder all around it in the picture.
I THINK the spores it produces are asexual? But I am also kind of confused by this concept.




Every time I scope Isaria spores, they are bean shaped which leads me to Isaria tenuipes.  Clearly this ID is wrong, but it's the best I can do without DNA sequencing.  Unfortunately I don't have my DNA lab with me in Mexico - some of the chemicals require refrigeration and I can't run a refrigerator 24/7 in my jeep.  Also the PCR machine takes quite a bit of power so it isn't practical to run one in the middle of nowhere.  If I was staying in hotels I could totally do it, but I am not a fancy guy and I sleep in the woods every day. 

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Update- I think I've finally got a clean culture from the C. militaris!




Oh that is cool!  I heard that there are a lot of species in that group and you should sequence it.  You can send a fruit body to alvalab.es, or probably you could scrape some mycelium from the petri dish and send that!  I wonder where the type location is, and on what kind of insect the holotype collection was growing on.


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    #22393332 - 10/17/15 01:42 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I still haven't sent any samples out to be sequenced, but I am saving the dried specimens.

In the mean time here's another (different?!?!?) Cordyceps mushroom!
Growing from an underground (pretty much fully digested) elaphomyces.
 


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looks like some cordyceps capitata I have found in the past. althought if I recall, their caps were yellower/greenish


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I still haven't sent any samples out to be sequenced, but I am saving the dried specimens.

In the mean time here's another (different?!?!?) Cordyceps mushroom!
Growing from an underground (pretty much fully digested) elaphomyces.










Tolypocladium longisegmentum


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