Cordyceps annulata Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982

Taxonomy

Authority:

Kobayasi & Shimizu 1982

Citation:

Kobayasi, Y., Shimizu, D., 1982, Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 8(3): 91. [as 'C. annullata’]

Mycobank:

MB 114273

NCBI:

NCBI Taxonomy Entry

Classification:

Cordyceps s. l., Incertae Sedis, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Common Names:

Nom. Jap. Himekuchiki-tampotake.

Type Locality:

Maruyama Park, Kyoto city, Kyoto Pref., Japan.

Morphology

Perithecia:

completely immersed, not crowded and sparsely distributed. ordinal in orientation.

Asci:

250 x 5-7 um. ascus tip 4.5-6 x 5-6 um.

Ascospores:

approximately 200 x 1.5 um. partspores 6-7 x 1.5

Ecology

Host or Substrate:

on larva of Coleoptera

Known Distribution:

Japan

Notes

Commentary:

Note: Unpublished molecular data place Cordyceps annulata in the genus Ophiocordyceps of Ophiocordycipitaceae. A manuscript is in preparation that will formally propose the new combination.

References

Kobayasi, Y. & Shimizu, D., 1982. Cordyceps species from Japan, 4. Bull Nat Sci Mus, Tokyo, Bot, 8(4), p.111-123.

Sung et al., 2007. Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi. Studies in Mycology, 57(1), p.5-59.

Page Author:

Gi-Ho Sung