Examples of hyperparasitic fungi. a. The fungus Akanthomyces lecanii (white) growing on a lesion caused by the plant-pathogenic rust fungus Hemileia vastatrix (orange) on a leaf of Coffea arabica . b. Atractilina parasitica (orange) on colonies of Meliola clerodendricola (black mildew) on a leaf of Clerodendrum capitatum. c. Niveomyces sp. on Ophiocordyceps dipterigena on a dead fly, collected by Romina Gazis in Florida, USA (photo: Carlos Sendoya Corrales).