Ophiocordyceps formicarum

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Ophiocordyceps formicarum
2015-08-19 Ophiocordyceps formicarum (Kobayasi) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora 591950.jpg
Ophiocordyceps formicarum on an arthropod in Chiang Mai, Thailand-
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Ophiocordycipitaceae
Genus: Ophiocordyceps
Species:
O. formicarum
Binomial name
Ophiocordyceps formicarum
() G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cordyceps formicarum Kobayasi (1939)

Ophiocordyceps formicarum is an entomopathogenic fungus belonging to the order Hypocreales (Ascomycota) in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The fungus was first described by mycologist in 1939 as a species of Cordyceps. Originally found in Japan growing on an adult Hercules ant (Camponotus herculeanus var. obscuripes),[2] it was reported from Guizhou, China, in 2003.[3] It was transferred to the new genus Ophiocordyceps in 2007 when the family Cordycipitaceae was reorganized.[1] A technique has been developed to grow the fungus in an agar growth medium supplemented with yeast extract, inosine, and glucose.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Sung GH, Hywel-Jones NL, Sung JM, 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. open access
  2. ^ Kobayasi Y. (1939). "On the genus Cordyceps and its allies on cicadae from Japan". Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan. 9: 145–176.
  3. ^ Liang ZQ, Liu AY, Liu MH, Kang J (2003). "The genus Cordyceps and its allies from the Kuankuoshui Reserve in Guizhou III". Fungal Diversity. 14: 95–101.
  4. ^ Yahagi N, Yahagi R, Takano F, Fushiya S, Tanaka T, Murakami K, Ohta T (2004). "サナギタケ(Cordyceps militaris (L. : Fr.) Fr.)とマルミノアリタケ(Cordyceps formicarum Kobayasi)の寒天培養における子嚢殻性子座形成について" [Growth of ascoscarps from cultured Cordyceps militaris (L.:Fr.) Fr. and Cordyceps formicarum Kobayasi in an agar medium]. Nippon Kin Gakkai Kaiho (in Japanese). 45: 15–19.

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