My first recording of a young vampire zombie ant chomping into a mature ant ophiocordyceps zombie teleomorph.
December 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My first recording of a young vampire zombie ant chomping into a mature ant ophiocordyceps zombie teleomorph.
#Gibellula #Teleomorph has quite the stare. Today is a good day to appreciate your antifungal skin oils :) #Entomopathogenic #Zombie #Fungifriends
April 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
#Gibellula #Teleomorph has quite the stare. Today is a good day to appreciate your antifungal skin oils :) #Entomopathogenic #Zombie #Fungifriends
Trichoderma viride is the asexually reproducing form (anamorph) of the sexually reproducing Hypocrea rufa (teleomorph). In the teleomorph stage, it produced brown blob-shaped fruiting bodies, as opposed to the hairy green texture shown here.
It sometimes also grows on other fungi.
#fungifriends
It sometimes also grows on other fungi.
#fungifriends
February 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trichoderma viride is the asexually reproducing form (anamorph) of the sexually reproducing Hypocrea rufa (teleomorph). In the teleomorph stage, it produced brown blob-shaped fruiting bodies, as opposed to the hairy green texture shown here.
It sometimes also grows on other fungi.
#fungifriends
It sometimes also grows on other fungi.
#fungifriends
One of my favourite #zombie #fungi photos :) The host is a tiny spider and the fungi is a #Gibellula #entomopathogenic species. These fungi usually have both #teleomorph (sexual state) and #anamorph (asexual state) forms and can look very different indeed. This is a teleomorph aka Torrubiella.
January 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
One of my favourite #zombie #fungi photos :) The host is a tiny spider and the fungi is a #Gibellula #entomopathogenic species. These fungi usually have both #teleomorph (sexual state) and #anamorph (asexual state) forms and can look very different indeed. This is a teleomorph aka Torrubiella.
If you don't have a dry spring (like we had here this year) you can find its teleomorph. I got these in May 2023.
#fungifriends #mycology
#fungifriends #mycology
August 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If you don't have a dry spring (like we had here this year) you can find its teleomorph. I got these in May 2023.
#fungifriends #mycology
#fungifriends #mycology
#fungifact 🍄📷 Viele Pilze besitzen eine Hauptfruchtform (Teleomorph) wo Sporen werden nach einem genetischen Rekombinationsereignis gebildet werden (rote Kugeln im Bild) und eine Nebenfruchtform (Anamorph), bei der einfach Zellen des lebenden Pilz als Sporen geformt werden (orange Kugeln).
December 27, 2023 at 5:24 AM
#fungifact 🍄📷 Viele Pilze besitzen eine Hauptfruchtform (Teleomorph) wo Sporen werden nach einem genetischen Rekombinationsereignis gebildet werden (rote Kugeln im Bild) und eine Nebenfruchtform (Anamorph), bei der einfach Zellen des lebenden Pilz als Sporen geformt werden (orange Kugeln).
This first #Gibellula is an #anamorph. While the second Gibellula is a #teleomorph. I dont think they are the same species, but I did find them both in the same area yesterday. Both have consumed spider hosts. #Fungifriends
May 28, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This first #Gibellula is an #anamorph. While the second Gibellula is a #teleomorph. I dont think they are the same species, but I did find them both in the same area yesterday. Both have consumed spider hosts. #Fungifriends
OPERATION *NO REST FOR THE DEAD* #Zombie Hunter hot jungle tips :) Dont forget to check #Cordyline style plants for #cordyceps style fungi! This little #teleomorph #Gibellula #entomopathogenic #fungi monstering a spider was loving the microclimate they provide.
February 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
OPERATION *NO REST FOR THE DEAD* #Zombie Hunter hot jungle tips :) Dont forget to check #Cordyline style plants for #cordyceps style fungi! This little #teleomorph #Gibellula #entomopathogenic #fungi monstering a spider was loving the microclimate they provide.
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.
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.
Sporophagomyces chrysostomus (young developing anamorph) on Ganoderma applanatum. The fungus is usually found stuck to the bottom side of Ganoderma consuming its spores, here it started to grow on spore covered top side. Will I finaly find it's teleomorph this year?
#mycology #fungifriends
#mycology #fungifriends
June 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Sporophagomyces chrysostomus (young developing anamorph) on Ganoderma applanatum. The fungus is usually found stuck to the bottom side of Ganoderma consuming its spores, here it started to grow on spore covered top side. Will I finaly find it's teleomorph this year?
#mycology #fungifriends
#mycology #fungifriends
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.
A tiny gib. This time in #teleomorph :) To be honest I have no idea how many different gibellula species there are here, with all their different shapes, colours and forms, it feels like a lot some days.
February 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A tiny gib. This time in #teleomorph :) To be honest I have no idea how many different gibellula species there are here, with all their different shapes, colours and forms, it feels like a lot some days.
In 2023 I painted Ascochyta chickpea blight, caused by the fungus Ascochyta rabiei (teleomorph Didymella rabiei).
www.hgpenningtonart....
www.hgpenningtonart....
March 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In 2023 I painted Ascochyta chickpea blight, caused by the fungus Ascochyta rabiei (teleomorph Didymella rabiei).
www.hgpenningtonart....
www.hgpenningtonart....
#Teleomorph on the other hand is described as the sexual reproductive stage. Both stages can have their own deceptively complex life cycles. Often involving secret hidden lives under ground, while their surface lovers hijack mobile animals to spread their babies across the land :)
February 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
#Teleomorph on the other hand is described as the sexual reproductive stage. Both stages can have their own deceptively complex life cycles. Often involving secret hidden lives under ground, while their surface lovers hijack mobile animals to spread their babies across the land :)
In 2023 I painted Ascochyta chickpea blight, caused by the fungus Ascochyta rabiei (teleomorph Didymella rabiei).
www.hgpenningtonart....
www.hgpenningtonart....
March 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
In 2023 I painted Ascochyta chickpea blight, caused by the fungus Ascochyta rabiei (teleomorph Didymella rabiei).
www.hgpenningtonart....
www.hgpenningtonart....
Anamorph diversity and species differentiation with shifting of life cycle types in Corollospora, a genus of marine ascomycetes; with an emendation of teleomorph of Varicosporina prolifera and a description of a new anamorphic species
doi.org/10.47371/myc...
doi.org/10.47371/myc...
July 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Anamorph diversity and species differentiation with shifting of life cycle types in Corollospora, a genus of marine ascomycetes; with an emendation of teleomorph of Varicosporina prolifera and a description of a new anamorphic species
doi.org/10.47371/myc...
doi.org/10.47371/myc...
It's a Hypocrea anamorph. Hypocrea rufa should be a teleomorph of Tricholoma viride but there are multiple Hypocrea species that look like Hypocrea rufa and even lots of differently looking Hypocrea species have the "green mold" looking anamorph.
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's a Hypocrea anamorph. Hypocrea rufa should be a teleomorph of Tricholoma viride but there are multiple Hypocrea species that look like Hypocrea rufa and even lots of differently looking Hypocrea species have the "green mold" looking anamorph.
My PhD student @megwanjiku.bsky.social's MS work on population genomics of rice blast in Sub Saharan Africa was just published! Congrats to her! She's on a roll - that's manuscript #3 for her this year, with her PhD Chapter 1 (#4) coming soon! doi.org/10.3389/fpls...
Frontiers | Genomic profiles of Pyricularia oryzae in Sub-Saharan Africa: exploring population differences and their evolutionary implications in the region
BackgroundRice blast, caused by Pyricularia oryzae (teleomorph: Magnaporthe oryzae), is one of the most economically damaging diseases affecting rice worldwi...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My PhD student @megwanjiku.bsky.social's MS work on population genomics of rice blast in Sub Saharan Africa was just published! Congrats to her! She's on a roll - that's manuscript #3 for her this year, with her PhD Chapter 1 (#4) coming soon! doi.org/10.3389/fpls...
and is it a different experience depending on if anamorph or teleomorph?
June 24, 2026 at 11:48 AM
and is it a different experience depending on if anamorph or teleomorph?
Art imitates life? A teleomorph Gibellula I photographed in my garden :)
February 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Art imitates life? A teleomorph Gibellula I photographed in my garden :)
Back to topic, Phomopsis species (teleomorph Diaporthe) are classified within the non-Clavicipitaceous/non-Balansiaceous group (NC-group) of fungal endophytes.
April 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Back to topic, Phomopsis species (teleomorph Diaporthe) are classified within the non-Clavicipitaceous/non-Balansiaceous group (NC-group) of fungal endophytes.
Looking forward to the name given if they find its teleomorph
a man in a red sweater is holding a blue folder with the word bleh on it .
ALT: a man in a red sweater is holding a blue folder with the word bleh on it .
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November 29, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Looking forward to the name given if they find its teleomorph
Lulz, I was hoping to make a connection between the Animorphs book series (this meme) and the old system where Candida had two names - anamorph and teleomorph name.
May 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Lulz, I was hoping to make a connection between the Animorphs book series (this meme) and the old system where Candida had two names - anamorph and teleomorph name.
How awfully interesting! Cant believe I am adding "sick lichens" to my wish list of photography subjects right below purpureocillium atypicola teleomorph. So many great posts, this is rad
February 15, 2026 at 8:08 AM
How awfully interesting! Cant believe I am adding "sick lichens" to my wish list of photography subjects right below purpureocillium atypicola teleomorph. So many great posts, this is rad