Ophiocordycipitaceae is a
family
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of
parasitic
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fungi
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in the
Ascomycota, class
Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is a class of fungi in the subdivision Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota), consisting of 28 orders, 90 families, 1344 genera. Sordariomycetes is from the Latin sordes (filth) because some species grow in animal feces, though growth habi ...
.
Genera
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Blistum''
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Didymobotryopsis''
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Haptocillium''
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Harposporium'' (Anamorphic)
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Ophiocordyceps''; anamorphic genera:
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Hirsutella
''Hirsutella'' is a genus of asexually reproducing fungi in the Ophiocordycipitaceae family. Originally described by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1892, this genus includes species that are pathogens of insects, mites and ne ...
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Hymenostilbe''
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Paraisaria''
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Syngliocladium''
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Polycephalomyces''
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Purpureocillium
''Purpureocillium'' is a fungal genus in the Ophiocordycipitaceae family. The genus now contains at least 5 species with the type species ''Purpureocillium lilacinum'', a common saprobic, filamentous fungus. It has been isolated from a wide range ...
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Synnematium''
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Tolypocladium
''Tolypocladium'' is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. It includes species that are parasites of other fungi, insect pathogens, rotifer pathogens and soil inhabiting species with uncertain ecological roles. ''Tolypocladium' ...
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Trichosterigma''
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Paleoophiocordyceps''
See also
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Cordycipitaceae
The Cordycipitaceae are a family of parasitic fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes and order Hypocreales. The family was first published in 1969 by mycologist Hanns Kreisel, but the naming was invalid according to the code of Internatio ...
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Cordyceps
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3109747
Ascomycota families