Drechmeria gunnii

1 Dark Vegetable Caterpillar at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Drechmeria gunnii	17 Jun 2022	Heino1
	Drechmeria gunnii	17 Jun 2022	TimL

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There were empty moth casings on the ground around the area of these fungi. The final image shows one of the fungi dug out of the ground to try and locate the buried casing, but it was deep within the sandy soil.

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RogerF wrote:

18 Jun 2022

I saw some fresh fruting bodies of the same at Bango NR on Wednesday

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Location information

Maps Birrigai
Places Paddys River, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
15 Jun 2022 11:17 AM Recorded on
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Fungi Clubs/stalks on invertebrates Clubs or stalks (maybe a forked or broader apex) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Drechmeria gunnii Scientific name
Dark Vegetable Caterpillar Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 833.3m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
Synonyms
Cordyceps gunnii

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