Metacordyceps
Genus of fungi
| Metacordyceps | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Metacordyceps G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007) |
| Type species | |
| Metacordyceps taii (Z.Q.Liang & A.Y.Liu) G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007) | |
Metacordyceps is a genus of fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae.[1] The anamorphs of Metacordyceps appear to include Metarhizium species.[2]
Metacordyceps species attack insects in the orders Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, hosts that are common throughout all Cordyceps-like fungi.
Species
- M. chlamydosporia
- M. dhauladharensis
- M. liangshanensis
- M. taii
References
- ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
- ^ Sung G-H, Hywel-Jones NL, Sung J-M, Luangsa-ard JJ, Shrestha B, Spatafora JW (2007). "Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi". Studies in Mycology. 57: 5–59. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.57.01. PMC 2104736. PMID 18490993.
- ^ Kepler, R.M.; Sung, G.-H.; Ban, S.; Nakagiri, A.; Chen, M.-J.; Huang, B.; Li, Z.; Spatafora, J.W. (2012-01-01). "New teleomorph combinations in the entomopathogenic genus Metacordyceps". Mycologia. 104 (1): 182–197. doi:10.3852/11-070. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 22067304.
External links
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