Fungi on invertebrates

[Chris Yeates]

I know some naturalists don’t like the term “invertebrates” but in this context I crave their indulgence.

This was collected recently while searching for microfungi on gorse. I am grateful to the YNU Coleoptera Recorder Bob Marsh for his prompt response; this weevil (scarce in Yorks but widely distributed – 14 previous records) feeds mainly on broom, but also on gorse (of which there is a large population in the area where it was collected):

[attachment=0]Beauveria bassiana 0a.jpg[/attachment]

see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protopirapion_atratulum_(Germar,_1817)_Syn.-_Apion_striatum_(Marsham,_1802)_nec_(Mueller,_1776)_(8735160864).png” class=”bbcode_url”>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protopirapion_atratulum_(Germar,_1817)_Syn.-_Apion_striatum_(Marsham,_1802)_nec_(Mueller,_1776)_(8735160864).png

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