Fungalpedia – Note 1535, Drechmeria
Drechmeria W. Gams & H.-B. Jansson, Mycotaxon 22(1): 36 (1985)
Sordariomycetes, Hypocreomycetidae, Hypocreales, Ophiocordycipitaceae
Index Fungorum number: IF 512028; 13 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2021), 5 species with sequence data.
Type species – Drechmeria coniospora (Drechsler) W. Gams & H.-B. Jansson
Generic description: see Gams and Jansson (1985).
Notes: Drechmeria was introduced to accommodate two hyphomycetes species: D. coniospora and D. harposporioides (Gams and Jansson 1985). Later, Spatafora et al. (2015) placed ten species (most of them are pathogens of protozoans) in the genus based on phylogenetic analyses, including species of Haptocillium and Cordyceps gunnii. Species of the genus infect protozoa and have crescent-shaped, helical condia (Gams & Jansson 1985, Spatafora et al. 2015). (Adopted from Hyde et al. 2020).
Other species: Drechmeria bactrospora (Drechsler) Spatafora & Kepler
Drechmeria balanoides (Drechsler) Spatafora & Kepler
Drechmeria campanulata (Glockling) Spatafora & Kepler
Drechmeria coniospora (Drechsler) W. Gams & H.-B. Jansson
Drechmeria glocklingiae (Zare & W. Gams) Spatafora & Kepler
Drechmeria gunnii (Berk.) Spatafora, Kepler & C.A. Quandt
Drechmeria harposporioides (G.L. Barron & Szijarto) W. Gams & H.-B. Jansson
Drechmeria obovata (Drechsler) Spatafora & Kepler
Drechmeria panacis T. Yuan Zhang, Ying Yu & Yi X. Zhang
Drechmeria rhabdosporum (Zare & W. Gams) Spatafora & Kepler
Drechmeria sinensis (K.Q. Zhang, L. Cao & Z.Q. Liang) Spatafora & Kepler
Drechmeria sphaerospora (Goodey) Spatafora & Kepler
Drechmeria zeospora (Drechsler) Spatafora & Kepler
Reference
Gams W, Jansson HB. 1985 – The nematode parasite Meria coniospora Drechsler in pure culture and its classification. Mycotaxon 22(1), 33–38.