| Ophiocordycipitaceae Temporal range: Middle Cretaceous - Recent, [1] | |
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| Dead ants infected with Ophiocordyceps unilateralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Ophiocordycipitaceae G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007) |
| Type genus | |
| Ophiocordyceps Petch (1931) | |
Ophiocordycipitaceae is a family of parasitic fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.[2] It was updated in 2020.[3]
Genera
As accepted in 2020; (with number of species)[3]
- Drechmeria W. Gams & H.B. Jansson (12)
- Hantamomyces Crous (1)
- Harposporium Lohde (37) (Anamorphic)
- Hirsutella Pat. (50+)
- Hymenostilbe Petch (12)
- Ophiocordyceps Petch (263)
- Paraisaria Samson & B.L. Brady (11)
- Perennicordyceps Matočec & I. Kušan (4)
- Pleurocordyceps Y.J. Yao, Y.H. Wang, S. Ban, W.J. Wang, Yi Li, Ke Wang & P.M. Kirk (10)
- Polycephalomyces Kobayasi (18)
- Purpureocillium Luangsa-ard, Hywel-Jones, Houbraken & Samson (5)
- Tolypocladium W. Gams (47)
Fossil species
See also
References
- ↑ Sung GH, Poinar GO Jr, Spatafora JW (2008). "The oldest fossil evidence of animal parasitism by fungi supports a Cretaceous diversification of fungal–arthropod symbioses". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49 (2): 495–502. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.028. PMID 18817884.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
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