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Reported as growing on various shrub species, but I can’t find any reports of this crust growing on other fungi. The question remains whether Galzinia incrustans is acquiring nutrition from the conk or if it is just using it as a prop to better release spores.

Pictures featured on JGI sequence portal for Galzinia incrustans: https://genome.jgi.doe.gov/Galinc1/Galinc1.home.html

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Image #13: Darker tissue to the right of the image is the spores of the conk that Galzinia incrustans was growing on.
Image #14: At times the basidia appeared to be pedunculate, or stalked, which is not a characteristic that is mentioned in descriptions.
Image #18: Another stalked basidium with the basal clamp connection very clear.
Image #20: Curved basidiospores with usually a single guttule, sometimes two or none.

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Additional notes for sequences (bases on the right):

ITS: GenBank MF289562.1

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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Aug. 22, 2018.

On nuts of Carya (Pignut hickory?). Spores 2 (or maybe 3) septate with a dark band at the center of the spore, the interior cell (or cells) light brown in color, the outer cells nearly hyaline, 12-16 x 5-6µm.

This is an Asian Lady Bug which is infected with the Green Beetle Hanger fungus.

This observation is for the fungus infection that has attacked the beetle.
The original observation for the lady beetle is here:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14578944

Amazingly, this fungus infection does not interfere with the beetle's life really -- they feed, they mate, and carry on as normal.

I can't help thinking it must be uncomfortable at the very least!