Pacific Forestry Centre's Forest Pathology Herbarium

DAVFP: 29951

Fungus name: Ophiocordyceps ravenelii (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora

Host name: Coleoptera L.

Year of collection (y-m-d): 2004-06-01

Map coordinates: 49.5516°N, -119.5615°W

Collector: Ginns, J.

Determiner: Ginns, J.

Collection location: 1970 Sutherland Rd., Penticton, B.C.

Remarks: On mummified larva. Larvae found in winter of late 2003. Reburied in pot of wet sand. Stroma noticed late May 2004 and harvested June 1. Asci slender, hyaline, thin-walled. Ascosp breaking into rectangular segments in the ascus, 2-2.5 u diam. A second larva sent to K. Hodge at CUP. Field collection no. 11377

Gene bank accession data: None

Sporocarp Description: None