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Gibellula pulchra
Gibellula pulchra is a species of parasitoid fungus found on arachnids. The species Gibellula pulchra is commonly found around the world.
The genus Gibellula was named after Prof. Giuseppe Gibelli. Some researchers have mistaken Gibellula suffulata as Gibellula pulchra though they are different species from the same genus that both prey on arachnids. Specimens of Gibellula pulchra from North America are held in various collections facilities: the Herbarium of the University of Michigan, Herbarium of Cornell University, Mycological Collection of the U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry, Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden, and Farlow Herbarium.
From the article Gibellula pulchra on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Like other ascomycetes, Gibellula pulchra can be found under stones, bark, leaves, on decaying logs, or in hidden burrows of plant matter on the forest floor. Often Gibellula pulchra is more clearly identified after entering an arachnid, enveloping their host, and growing on their cadavers. Once a spider dies from the Gibellula pulchra pathogenic fungi, G. pulchra produces a large fruiting body out of the cadaver.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 328131.