The Cordycipitaceae are a
family
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of
parasitic
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fungi
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in the
Ascomycota
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The def ...
, class
Sordariomycetes
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and order
Hypocreales. The family was first published in 1969 by mycologist
Hanns Kreisel
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He was born in Leipzig in 1931. Kreisel was a professor at the University of Greifswald. His field was the classification of fungi, where he has studi ...
,
but the naming was
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As t ...
according to the code of
. It was validly published in 2007.
Description
Cordycipitaceae species have stromata or subicula that are pallid or brightly
pigmented and fleshy. Their
perithecia
An ascocarp, or ascoma (), is the fruiting body ( sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. Ascocarps are mos ...
are superficial to completely immersed in the
substrate, and oriented at right angles to the surface of the stroma. The
asci are cylindrical with a thickened ascus tip.
Ascospore
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s are usually cylindrical, contain multiple
septa
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, and disarticulate into part-spores or remain intact at maturity.
Genera
Updated in 2020 to 21 genera; (with amount of species)
*''
Akanthomyces'' (21)
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Amphichorda'' (1)
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Ascopolyporus
''Ascopolyporus'' is a genus of fungi within the family Cordycipitaceae. Species are pathogens of scale insects.
References
Sordariomycetes genera
Clavicipitaceae
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'' (7)
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Beauveria
''Beauveria'' is a genus of asexually-reproducing fungi allied with the ascomycete family Cordycipitaceae. Its several species are typically insect pathogens. The sexual states (teleomorphs) of ''Beauveria'' species, where known, are species of ...
'' (54) – anamorph
*''
Beejasamuha'' (1)
*''
Blackwellomyces'' (2)
*''
Cordyceps
''Cordyceps'' is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 600 species. Most ''Cordyceps'' species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods (they are thus entomopathogenic fungi); a few are parasiti ...
'' (498)
*''
Coremiopsis'' (2)
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Engyodontium'' (5) – anamorph
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Flavocillium'' (4)
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Gamszarea'' (8)
*''
Gibellula'' (29)
*''
Hevansia'' (8)
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Hyperdermium'' (3)
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Leptobacillium'' (1)
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Liangia'' (1)
*''
Neotorrubiella''
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Parengyodontium'' (1)
*''
Pseudogibellula'' (1)
*''
Samsoniella'' (3)
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Simplicillium'' (12) – anamorph
See also
*
Ophiocordycipitaceae
Ophiocordycipitaceae is a family of parasitic fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.
Genera
*'' Blistum''
*'' Didymobotryopsis''
*'' Haptocillium''
*'' Harposporium'' (Anamorphic)
*'' Ophiocordyceps''; anamorphic genera:
**''Hirsutella ...
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q10459626
Ascomycota families