Cordyceps militaris    (L. ex St. Amans) Link 

common name(s) : Scarlet Caterpillarclub, Scarlet Caterpillar Fungus 

New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreomycetidae/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pyrenomycetideae/Clavicipitales/Clavicipitaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Cordyceps norvegica, Cordiceps militaris)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Cordyceps militaris
photo gallery of Cordyceps militaris potential confusions with Cordyceps militaris toxicity of Cordyceps militaris genus Cordyceps  

The fruiting body is club-shaped, finely roughened, with a slender stem, bright red-orange, with a stem not much differentiated from the fertile head, but paler.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in the woods, amongst moss or on slopes (parasite of larvae).

The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 0.6 cm (between 0.3 and 1 cm)
  total height approximately 3.5 cm (between 2 and 6 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Cordyceps militaris is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Cordyceps militaris in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Cordyceps militaris in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18