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Sugar icing fungus

Beauveria bassiana

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A large cicada infected with the sugar icing fungus, such a cool find! 'a fungus that grows naturally in soils throughout the world and acts as a parasite on various arthropod species, causing white muscardine disease'

Habitat:

subtropical forest

Notes:

I spotted this in the forest near Gingers paradise.

Reference Links:

Beauveria bassiana

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Comments (2)
AshleyT
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!

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PublishedMarch 25, 2016

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