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Two dead flies infected with Entomophthora muscae, an entomopathogenic fungus that causes a fatal disease in flies. Following infection, the fly dies in five to seven days. When critically ill, the host often crawls to a high point and then straightens its hind legs and open its wings, maximising the spread of spores to new hosts. The flies shown here have by chance succomed on the underside of a second fungus, a large bracket fungus known as a Dryad's Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus). The fungus was over two metre's up a tree trunk and an excellent point for spore dispersal for both fungi depicted here. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.

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Two dead flies infected with Entomophthora muscae, an entomopathogenic fungus that causes a fatal disease in flies. Following infection, the fly dies in five to seven days. When critically ill, the host often crawls to a high point and then straightens its hind legs and open its wings, maximising the spread of spores to new hosts. The flies shown here have by chance succomed on the underside of a second fungus, a large bracket fungus known as a Dryad's Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus). The fungus was over two metre's up a tree trunk and an excellent point for spore dispersal for both fungi depicted here. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.