RBG Kew herbarium accession number K(M)157383. 18 April 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Cordyceps gracilis Cap Pear or egg shaped, yellow-orange, finely dotted like the skin of an orange, height about 0.4 to 1 cm Stem Equal, pale yellow, to about 0.5 cm wide and 4 cm long Smell Indiistinct Taste Unknown Season Spring to summer Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On buried moth and butterfly larvae, usually solitary Microscopic Features Spores thread line, breaking into segments measuring (5-9) x (1.5-2) µm2. Edibility Inedible 
18 April 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |