Phenotypic polymorphism greatly
effected fruiting body formation as well as
adenine, adenosine and cordycepin production
(Tables 2, 3 and 4). The strains with orange
chrome colonies easily produced fruitingbodies
(phenotypes A and B). In the strains
with apricot orange colonies fruiting body
formation was less common (phenotypes C
and D). White colony strains or those growing
slowly rarely produced fruiting-bodies