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| Title | Vegetable Caterpillar |
| Category | Fungus |
| Subject | Cordyceps |
| Common Name | Dark Caterpillar Cordyceps |
| Scientific Name | Cordyceps gunnii |
| Flowering Time | may,jun,jul,aug |
| Photo Date | 04-Aug-2007 |
| Photographer | R Richter |
| Post Date | 11-Jun-2008 |
| Description | Club-like fruiting body to around 10cm high. Pale base of stem changes to a dark, thicker fertile head. Fungus parasitises moth larvae of the species Oxycanus. |
| Habitat | Most commonly found around Acacias, such as Black Wattles. |
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