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| Cordyceps fungus takes over brain of an ant, then kills it, Peru. Photo credit: Mark Moffett |
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| Cordyceps fungus on a robberfly |
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| Cordyceps fungus growing on a dead insect. |
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| Cordyceps unilateralis is a parasitoid fungus that infects ants such as Camponotus leonardi, and alters their behavior in order to ensure the widespread distribution of its spores. |
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| Fly with Cordyceps dipterigena. |
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| Cordyceps fungus growing on a large dead fly. |
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| Bee parasitized by Cordyceps |
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| Moth with Cordyceps |
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| Some species, such as the caterpillar fungus, are considered to have medicinal properties in China and Tibet. |
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| Moth with Akanthomyces species (a Cordyceps anamorph). |
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| Moth with Cordyceps fungus in Iwokrama, Guyana. |
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| Cordyceps curculionu. |
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| A scarabeus digested by a Cordyceps species. |
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| Carolina Leaf-roller cricket with Cordyceps. |
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| Cordyceps Tarantula |
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| Tarantula, Theraphosinae, killed by the fungus Cordyceps ignota, but still clinging to a tree long after death. |
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| Tarantula killed |
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| Dead tarantula invaded by a fungus of the genus Cordyceps. |
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| Cordyceps on Spider. |
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| Cordyceps bassiana |
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