31 October 2013 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Cordyceps longisegmentata, Elaphocordyceps longisegmentis Fruiting Body Head fertile, sub-spherical, dark reddish brown, to about 1 cm across, stem cylindrical, equal, yellowish to brownish, to about 10 cm high Flesh Yellowish Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season Autumn Distribution Very rarely recorded Habitat Seeming to grow on soil, but in fact directly attached to subterraneun fungi in the Elaphomyces genus Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores string shaped, septate, at maturity breaking into spindle shaped segments each measuring (23-45) x (3.5-5) µm2. Edibility Unknown Notes The specimens shown produced spores measuring (36-42) µm x 4 µm 
Spores viewed with a x40 microscope objective and x2.5 projection eyepiece. 31 October Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores viewed with a x100 immersion microscope objective and x2.5 projection eyepiece. 31 October Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |