Metacordyceps

<i>Metacordyceps</i>

Metacordyceps

Genus of fungi

Metacordyceps is a genus of fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae.[1] The anamorphs of Metacordyceps appear to include Metarhizium species.[2]

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Metacordyceps species attack insects in the orders Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, hosts that are common throughout all Cordyceps-like fungi.

Species

[3]

  • M. chlamydosporia
  • M. dhauladharensis
  • M. liangshanensis
  • M. taii

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    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.
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