August 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I have no mouth and I must scream #Purpureocillium #entomopathogenic #zombie #huntsman #spider #fungifriends
January 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I have no mouth and I must scream #Purpureocillium #entomopathogenic #zombie #huntsman #spider #fungifriends
The Last of Us tá logo ali no RJ
A descoberta foi feita por cientistas que faziam uma expedição na Mata Atlântica de Nova Friburgo
Batizada de Purpureocillium atlanticum, a nova espécie foi eleita pelo jardim botânico londrino Kew Gardens como uma das 10 mais importantes descobertas em 2025
A descoberta foi feita por cientistas que faziam uma expedição na Mata Atlântica de Nova Friburgo
Batizada de Purpureocillium atlanticum, a nova espécie foi eleita pelo jardim botânico londrino Kew Gardens como uma das 10 mais importantes descobertas em 2025
January 29, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The Last of Us tá logo ali no RJ
A descoberta foi feita por cientistas que faziam uma expedição na Mata Atlântica de Nova Friburgo
Batizada de Purpureocillium atlanticum, a nova espécie foi eleita pelo jardim botânico londrino Kew Gardens como uma das 10 mais importantes descobertas em 2025
A descoberta foi feita por cientistas que faziam uma expedição na Mata Atlântica de Nova Friburgo
Batizada de Purpureocillium atlanticum, a nova espécie foi eleita pelo jardim botânico londrino Kew Gardens como uma das 10 mais importantes descobertas em 2025
Purpureocillium atypicola takes down our largest spiders here with ease. 2 fresh victims and 2 spored out ones to compare.
June 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Purpureocillium atypicola takes down our largest spiders here with ease. 2 fresh victims and 2 spored out ones to compare.
Diversity is something you learn to love. The more different life all cluttered together, the greater the chance of seeing awesome #zombi #fungi #parasitoids like #purpureocillium
November 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Diversity is something you learn to love. The more different life all cluttered together, the greater the chance of seeing awesome #zombi #fungi #parasitoids like #purpureocillium
𝙋𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙪𝙢 𝙖𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙢: new zombie fungus that infects trapdoor spiders, covering them in a “fluffy” white coat of mycelium. Spores literally penetrate their exoskeleton 👀😳
Named top 10 species by Kew, and I agree!
tinyurl.com/4rfkbuuc
#fungifriends
📸 Joao Paulo Machado De Araujo
Named top 10 species by Kew, and I agree!
tinyurl.com/4rfkbuuc
#fungifriends
📸 Joao Paulo Machado De Araujo
March 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
𝙋𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙪𝙢 𝙖𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙢: new zombie fungus that infects trapdoor spiders, covering them in a “fluffy” white coat of mycelium. Spores literally penetrate their exoskeleton 👀😳
Named top 10 species by Kew, and I agree!
tinyurl.com/4rfkbuuc
#fungifriends
📸 Joao Paulo Machado De Araujo
Named top 10 species by Kew, and I agree!
tinyurl.com/4rfkbuuc
#fungifriends
📸 Joao Paulo Machado De Araujo
Using a “taxogenomic” approach, researchers reveal a new species of 𝑃𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑢𝑚 fungus parasitising trapdoor spiders in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/imaf...
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/imaf...
December 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Using a “taxogenomic” approach, researchers reveal a new species of 𝑃𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑢𝑚 fungus parasitising trapdoor spiders in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/imaf...
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/imaf...
A man cant even swing through the jungle on vines in peace these days, without having to stop and get out his camera to photograph #Purpureocillium atypicola!
May 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A man cant even swing through the jungle on vines in peace these days, without having to stop and get out his camera to photograph #Purpureocillium atypicola!
Purpureocillium cf atypicola
A fungus that infects spiders.
26 May, 2025
Searcy Co, Arkansas
A fungus that infects spiders.
26 May, 2025
Searcy Co, Arkansas
May 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Purpureocillium cf atypicola
A fungus that infects spiders.
26 May, 2025
Searcy Co, Arkansas
A fungus that infects spiders.
26 May, 2025
Searcy Co, Arkansas
Purpureocillium atypicola victims go from fluffy white, to plump powdery purplish, & then decay to leave an abandoned dirty spider shell. At least in the Anamorph form. Heres a "chest burster" sample, spot the empty scuttle fly pupae case inside :) The Teleomorph looks and hunts much differently.
June 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Purpureocillium atypicola victims go from fluffy white, to plump powdery purplish, & then decay to leave an abandoned dirty spider shell. At least in the Anamorph form. Heres a "chest burster" sample, spot the empty scuttle fly pupae case inside :) The Teleomorph looks and hunts much differently.
I had 5 minutes to find a token zombie before suiting up. I didnt even need 1. And it was a stonker too :D nice huntsman spider host, monstered by #Purpureocillium atypicola. This is the Anamorph. The Teleomorph is a cool brown spike, that usually targets our primitive spiders in their holes.
January 22, 2026 at 7:46 AM
I had 5 minutes to find a token zombie before suiting up. I didnt even need 1. And it was a stonker too :D nice huntsman spider host, monstered by #Purpureocillium atypicola. This is the Anamorph. The Teleomorph is a cool brown spike, that usually targets our primitive spiders in their holes.
First #entomopathogenic #fungi find today was a very elderly #purpureocillium on a spider. Yes, you always want to find a zombie fungi at its peak, the perfect fruiting.... but the trick is to find examples all along their life cycle, as they never not interesting. Only then can you id the random
February 24, 2026 at 8:03 AM
First #entomopathogenic #fungi find today was a very elderly #purpureocillium on a spider. Yes, you always want to find a zombie fungi at its peak, the perfect fruiting.... but the trick is to find examples all along their life cycle, as they never not interesting. Only then can you id the random
Token #Zombie of the day, was this huntsmen #spider caught by vines. Perhaps an old #purpureocillium victim. But who knows what microbes now call it home? Well hopefully future me lol
March 24, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Token #Zombie of the day, was this huntsmen #spider caught by vines. Perhaps an old #purpureocillium victim. But who knows what microbes now call it home? Well hopefully future me lol
The amount of spores #Purpureocillium #anamorphs produce is just insane! This one is on their locally preferred huntsman spider host. Usually found on tree trunks or cliff faces, sometimes on rushes or ferns. The sexual teleomorph state targets spiders in ground burrows like trapdoors.
February 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The amount of spores #Purpureocillium #anamorphs produce is just insane! This one is on their locally preferred huntsman spider host. Usually found on tree trunks or cliff faces, sometimes on rushes or ferns. The sexual teleomorph state targets spiders in ground burrows like trapdoors.
Purpureocillium takamizusanense on a shield bug. It’s a kind of cordyceps. A fellow naturalist found this one. It’s interesting that some see insects and others see cordyceps. Tokikubo, Komoro, Nagano #Invertebrate #Insects #FungiFriends
カメムシに着いた冬虫夏草の一種セミノハリセンボン。長野県小諸市鴇久保 #虫 #Bluesky昆虫部 #菌類
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カメムシに着いた冬虫夏草の一種セミノハリセンボン。長野県小諸市鴇久保 #虫 #Bluesky昆虫部 #菌類
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August 7, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Purpureocillium takamizusanense on a shield bug. It’s a kind of cordyceps. A fellow naturalist found this one. It’s interesting that some see insects and others see cordyceps. Tokikubo, Komoro, Nagano #Invertebrate #Insects #FungiFriends
カメムシに着いた冬虫夏草の一種セミノハリセンボン。長野県小諸市鴇久保 #虫 #Bluesky昆虫部 #菌類
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カメムシに着いた冬虫夏草の一種セミノハリセンボン。長野県小諸市鴇久保 #虫 #Bluesky昆虫部 #菌類
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Some of the fun of learning new molds (Purpureocillium lilacinum) is figuring out how to say them @fangferric.bsky.social :)
An unfortunate mold outbreak in an ophthalmology clinic in NY, interrupted by our friends in public health…
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky
An unfortunate mold outbreak in an ophthalmology clinic in NY, interrupted by our friends in public health…
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky
Purpureocillium lilacinum Keratitis Outbreak ...
This report describes the public health response to a Purpureocillium lilacinum keratitis outbreak in New York City associated with an ophthalmology clinic.
www.cdc.gov
February 19, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Some of the fun of learning new molds (Purpureocillium lilacinum) is figuring out how to say them @fangferric.bsky.social :)
An unfortunate mold outbreak in an ophthalmology clinic in NY, interrupted by our friends in public health…
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky
An unfortunate mold outbreak in an ophthalmology clinic in NY, interrupted by our friends in public health…
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #IDSky
- articolo di un caso di coinfezione da Fusarium solani e Purpureocillium lilacinum con il problema delle resistenze incrociate e comuni a vari antfungini
- una review sulle dermatiti flagellate da shiitake
NON MALE PER UNA RAGAZZA PRIVA DI TALENTO
(Ieri la collega mi ha definito geniale 🥰)
- una review sulle dermatiti flagellate da shiitake
NON MALE PER UNA RAGAZZA PRIVA DI TALENTO
(Ieri la collega mi ha definito geniale 🥰)
April 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
- articolo di un caso di coinfezione da Fusarium solani e Purpureocillium lilacinum con il problema delle resistenze incrociate e comuni a vari antfungini
- una review sulle dermatiti flagellate da shiitake
NON MALE PER UNA RAGAZZA PRIVA DI TALENTO
(Ieri la collega mi ha definito geniale 🥰)
- una review sulle dermatiti flagellate da shiitake
NON MALE PER UNA RAGAZZA PRIVA DI TALENTO
(Ieri la collega mi ha definito geniale 🥰)
When I first started hunting #zombie fungi, a legend in the field, Nigel Hywel Jones, gave me a heap of help & guru tips.One was that if you flip the leaf over & its damaged its not a zombie fungi.Which was true until I noticed #purpureocillium rots leaves. Always exceptions to rules with fungi.
February 24, 2026 at 8:31 AM
When I first started hunting #zombie fungi, a legend in the field, Nigel Hywel Jones, gave me a heap of help & guru tips.One was that if you flip the leaf over & its damaged its not a zombie fungi.Which was true until I noticed #purpureocillium rots leaves. Always exceptions to rules with fungi.
Today, Rick Temminck presented his master internship work on the Purpureocillium species.
He did his internship under supervision of
Alexey Grum-Grzhimaylo in the group of Jos Houbraken.
#fungi #fungus #mycology
@knaw-nl.bsky.social
He did his internship under supervision of
Alexey Grum-Grzhimaylo in the group of Jos Houbraken.
#fungi #fungus #mycology
@knaw-nl.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Today, Rick Temminck presented his master internship work on the Purpureocillium species.
He did his internship under supervision of
Alexey Grum-Grzhimaylo in the group of Jos Houbraken.
#fungi #fungus #mycology
@knaw-nl.bsky.social
He did his internship under supervision of
Alexey Grum-Grzhimaylo in the group of Jos Houbraken.
#fungi #fungus #mycology
@knaw-nl.bsky.social
🍄➡️🕷️ The #predator becomes the #prey: New #parasite #fungus 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘮 feasts on trapdoor spiders in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Described as #newspecies in our open-access journal (Dec 2025).
📰Story on @theguardian.com by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
📰Story on @theguardian.com by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fly-arousing orchid and zombie fungus among 2025 botanical and fungal finds
Botanists also name an overlooked snowdrop growing in the UK and a fruit that tastes like banana and guava
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:12 AM
🍄➡️🕷️ The #predator becomes the #prey: New #parasite #fungus 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘮 feasts on trapdoor spiders in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Described as #newspecies in our open-access journal (Dec 2025).
📰Story on @theguardian.com by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
📰Story on @theguardian.com by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rather Purpureocillium atypicol, not sure though.
February 16, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Rather Purpureocillium atypicol, not sure though.
#IQFPaper Structural and mechanistic insights into a novel β-fructofuranosidase from Purpureocillium lilacinum with high transfructosylating activity and an atypical tetrameric assembly. In Int. J. Biol. Macromol.
Collaboration with @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @icp-csic.bsky.social
bit.ly/4byieEd
Collaboration with @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @icp-csic.bsky.social
bit.ly/4byieEd
February 3, 2026 at 7:01 AM
#IQFPaper Structural and mechanistic insights into a novel β-fructofuranosidase from Purpureocillium lilacinum with high transfructosylating activity and an atypical tetrameric assembly. In Int. J. Biol. Macromol.
Collaboration with @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @icp-csic.bsky.social
bit.ly/4byieEd
Collaboration with @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @icp-csic.bsky.social
bit.ly/4byieEd
😲 Nature really is fascinating!
We are excited to see 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘮, the "zombie #fungus" from Brazil's Atlantic Forest that parasitizes trapdoor #spiders, capturing the world's curiosity. 🍄🟫🕷️
Recently covered by BBC World Service 👇
#fungi #biodiversity #science #nature
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We are excited to see 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘮, the "zombie #fungus" from Brazil's Atlantic Forest that parasitizes trapdoor #spiders, capturing the world's curiosity. 🍄🟫🕷️
Recently covered by BBC World Service 👇
#fungi #biodiversity #science #nature
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🧑🌾Exciting news in the world of biocontrol! #CertisBiologicals are leading the way with innovative solutions like NemaClean, which uses Purpureocillium lilacinum to control nematodes
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Learn how biocontrol is shaping the future of agriculture: www-certisbio-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cert...
Certis Biologicals Announces the first EU Authorization of NemaClean®
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March 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🧑🌾Exciting news in the world of biocontrol! #CertisBiologicals are leading the way with innovative solutions like NemaClean, which uses Purpureocillium lilacinum to control nematodes
Learn how biocontrol is shaping the future of agriculture: www-certisbio-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cert...
Learn how biocontrol is shaping the future of agriculture: www-certisbio-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cert...
Purpureocillium jiangxiense sp. nov.: Entomopathogenic Effects on Ostrinia furnacalis and Galleria mellonella https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38930423/
June 28, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Purpureocillium jiangxiense sp. nov.: Entomopathogenic Effects on Ostrinia furnacalis and Galleria mellonella https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38930423/