Fungalpedia – Note 1075, Ophiocordycipitaceae

 

Ophiocordycipitaceae G.H. Sung et al. 

Citation when using this data: Dayarathne MC et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

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

Ophiocordycipitaceae was introduced by Sung et al. (2007) and comprises seven genera, Drechmeria, Harposporium, Hymenostilbe, Ophiocordyceps, Polycephalomyces, Purpureocillium and Tolypocladium (Quandt et al. 2014, Wijayawardene et al. 2017a, 2018). Species accommodated in this family are phylogenetically distinct from Cordycipitaceae and Clavicipitaceae (Quandt et al. 2014). Asexual morphs of Ophiocordycipitaceae exhibit a vast range of variation, some of which are confined in phylogenetic distribution while the rest are often found in disparate lineages (Zare et al. 2000, Gams & Zare 2001, Sung et al. 2001, 2007).

Type genus: Ophiocordyceps Petch, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 16(1): 73 (1931).

 

References

Gams W, Zare R. 2001 – A revision of Verticillium sect. prostrata. III. Generic classification. Nova Hedwigia 72, 329–337.

Quandt CA, Kepler RM, Gams W, Araújo JP et al. 2014 – Phylogenetic-based nomenclatural proposals for Ophiocordycipitaceae (Hypocreales) with new combinations in Tolypocladium. IMA Fungus 5, 121–134.

Sung DY, Kaplan F. Guy CL. 2001 – Plant Hsp70 molecular chaperones, protein structure, gene family, expression and function. Physiologia Plantarum 1134, 443–451.

Sung GH, Hywel-Jones NL, Sung JM, Luangsa-ard JJ et al. 2007 – Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi. Studies in Mycology 57, 5–59.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK et al. 2018 – Outline of Ascomycota, 2017. Fungal Diversity 88, 167–263.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Rajeshkumar KC, Hawksworth DL et al. 2017a – Notes fors genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86, 1–594.

Zare R, Gams W, Culham A. 2000 – A revision of Verticillium sect. prostrata, I. Phylogenetic studies using ITS sequences. Nova Hedwigia 71, 465–480.

 

Entry by

Monika Dayarathne, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China, Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China

 

Published online 13 January 2020

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