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The fungus grows from the body of an insect. The insect is not visible at first, usually buried in moss or rotten wood.
Along Pipeline Road, Soberania National Park, Panama. 21 January 2012.
Cordyceps militaris (who's Dutch name means 'Caterpillar killer') that lives on butterfly pupa's.
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