Yartsa Gunbu Spore (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Yartsa Gunbu Spore

Caption

Yartsa gunbu (literally 'summer grass, winter worm'; Ophiocordyceps sinensis) results from a fungal infection that invades the bodies of ground-burrowing ghost moth caterpillars.

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WUSTL / Geoff Childs

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