Elaphocordyceps capitata (Holmsk.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung & Spatafora

Taxonomy

Authority:

(Holmsk.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung & Spatafora

Citation:

Studies in Mycology 57: 37.

Synonymy:

Sphaeria capitata Holmsk., Beata Ruris Otia Fungis Danicis 1: 38. 1790 : Fries, Syst. Mycol. 2: 324, 1823.
Torrubia capitata (Holmsk. : Fr.) Tul. & C. Tul., Sel. Fung. Carpol. 3: 22. 1865.
Cordyceps capitata (Holmsk. : Fr.) Link., Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häu?gsten vorkommenden Gewächse 3: 347. 1833.
Cordyceps canadensis Ellis & Everh., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 501. 1898.
Cordyceps capitata var. canadensis (Ellis & Everh.) Lloyd, Mycol. Writ. 5: 609. 1916.
= Sphaeria agariciformis Bolt., Hist. Fung. Halifax, p. 130. 1789.
Cordyceps agariciformis (Bolt.) Seaver, North Amer. Fl. 3:33. 1910.
= Cordyceps nigriceps Peck, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 21. 1900.

Mycobank:

MB 504191

NCBI:

NCBI Taxonomy Entry

Classification:

Elaphocordyceps, Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Morphology

Stroma:

Stromata solitary to several, simple or branched. Stipe fibrous to tough, rarely fleshy, dark brownish to greenish with olivaceous tint, rarely whitish, cylindrical to enlarging in fertile part. Stroma connected directly to host or indirectly through rhizomorph-like structure. Fertile part clavate to capitate, rarely undifferentiated.

Perithecia:

Perithecia partially or completely immersed in stromata, ordinal in arrangement.

Asci:

Asci cylindrical with thickened ascus apex.

Ascospores:

Ascospores cylindrical, multiseptate, disarticulating into part-spores

Ecology

Host or Substrate:

on truffle Elaphomyces (Ascomycota, Fungi)

Page Author:

Gi-Ho Sung