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. 2017 Oct 17;8:2016. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02016

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Ophiocordyceps fungi infecting P. clavata ants. (A) Ophiocordyceps kniphofioides (H. stilbelliformis) PCFB in the sexual state. Scale, 1 cm (B) H. stilbelliformis PCFB isolate pure culture on PDA, showing dense growth of synnemata. (C) H. stilbelliformis PCFB ovoid conidia borne at compacted terminal phialides. Scale, 20 μm (D) SEM micrograph of PCFB verrucose apical phialide with conidias inside mucous droplet. Scale, 4 μm. (E) a- and b- phialides and conidia of Hirsutella stilbelliformis PCFB. Scale, 20 μm. (F) P. clavata ant, infected by Ophiocordyceps sp. Scale, 1 cm. (G) Isolate BA18 in PDA pure culture. (H) BA18, verrucose compact and apical phialides with ovoid conidia. Scale, 20 μm.