1. Fungus Insect Fungus Cordyceps Prokaryote or Eukaryote?
No Nuclei or Nuclei?
Unicellular or Multicellular?
Cell Wall or No Cell Wall?
Heterotroph or Autotroph?
Motile or Sessile?
Sexual or Asexual Reproduction?
Kingdom?
Fungus
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2. Cordyceps Cordyceps sp. Eukaryote Nuclei in Cells Multicellular
Cell wall
Heterotroph
Sessile (sort-of)
Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
Kingdom Fungi

3. Cordyceps Cordyceps sp.
This parasitic genus contains around 400 species distributed throughout the world with most living in tropical rainforests.

4. The “host”
Cordyceps spores find an insect and begin to grow inside eating the nutrients in the insect.

5. Attacking the brain
They grow toward the brain of the insect and infect the optical nerve, the part of the brain that controls perception of light.

6. Attacking the brain
The insect then climbs upward in search of light. When it reaches a point high in the trees it clasps on and dies.

7. The fungus then sprouts a fruiting body and releases spores from high up in the trees.

8. From this height, the spores disperse great distances and infect more insects!