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Vegetable caterpillar fungus, growing

Vegetable caterpillar fungus, growing up through forest floor.

After infecting the caterpillar and creating the mummy, the fungus grows up through the forest floor. The top of the fungus then develops fruiting bodies that spread spores for reproduction.

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