Fungalpedia – Note 2380, Clavicipitaceae

 

Clavicipitaceae. Rogerson.

Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank

Classification: Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Notes: The Clavicipitaceae, one of the most miscellaneous families in the Hypocreales, comprises about 48 genera (Maharachchikumbura et al. 2015) involving obligate saprobes, symbionts and parasites of insects, grasses, fungi or sedges (Kepler et al. 2013; Schardl et al. 2013; Li et al. 2016). Clavicipitaceae, along with Cordycipitaceae and Ophiocordycipitaceae, were distinguished by Sung et al. (2007) based on molecular phylogeny. Most reported clavicipitaceous genera are pathogenic to whiteflies (Aleyrodidae) and/or scale insects (Coccidae), are commonly found in the subtropics and tropics with most species belonging to the genera Moelleriella, Hypocrella and Samuelsia (Chaverri et al. 2008).

 

Type genus: Claviceps Tul., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 20: 43 (1853).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Clavicipitaceae.

 

References

Chaverri P, Liu M, Hodge KT (2008) A monograph of the entomopathogenic genera Hypocrella, Moelleriella and Samuelsia gen. nov. (Ascomycota, Hypocreales, Clavicipitaceae) and their aschersonia-like anamorphs in the Neotropics. Stud Mycol 60:1–66

Kepler RM, Ban S, Nakagiri A, Bischoff J, Hywel-Jones N, Owensby CA, Spatafora JW (2013) The phylogenetic placement of hypocrealean insect pathogens in the genus Polycephalomyces: an application of One Fungus One Name. Fungal Biol 117:611–622

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Sung G, Hywel-Jones NL, Sung JM, Luangsa-Ard JJ, Shrestha B, Spatafora JW (2007) Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi. Stud Mycol 57:5–59

 

Entry by

Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

 

Published online 30 April 2026

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