Did you know that when insects are infected with #cordyceps they will seek the highest ground possible, away from wind, so the fungi can do its thing?

Here’s a #dragonfly that we found in #Colombia that had been infected with the fungus so it impaled itself on an upper thorn of plant… #amazing #wild #fungus

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Fungi

Division: Ascomycota

Class: Sordariomycetes

Order: Hypocreales

Family: Cordycipitaceae

Genus: Cordyceps

Species: C. militaris

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