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Rui Andrade
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Posted on 04-01-2008 20:50
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Hi!

Can you help me to identify the fungus that killed this wasp?

location: Barcelos, Portugal
date: 2007/08/01

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Tony Irwin
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Difficult to tell without a sample, but it looks very like one of the Hymenostilbe species, possibly Hymenostilbe sphecophila. (You would need to examine it microscopically before attaching this name to the image!)
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Rui Andrade
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Thank you very much TonySmile. I did not collect the fungus, so unfortunately it won't be possible to identifySad.
 
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Incredible picture Rui!
 
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Agree! great work in photoshop.

 
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