Biology:Metacordyceps
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Short description: Genus of fungi
| Metacordyceps | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Metacordyceps G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007) |
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| Metacordyceps taii (Z.Q.Liang & A.Y.Liu) G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007)
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Metacordyceps is a genus of fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae.[1] The anamorphs of Metacordyceps appear to include Metarhizium species.[2]
Metacordyceps species attack insects in the orders Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, hosts that are common throughout all Cordyceps-like fungi.
Species
- M. chlamydosporia
- M. dhauladharensis
- M. liangshanensis
- M. taii
References
- ↑ "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. December 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp.
- ↑ "Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi". Studies in Mycology 57: 5–59. 2007. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.57.01. PMID 18490993.
- ↑ Kepler, R.M.; Sung, G.-H.; Ban, S.; Nakagiri, A.; Chen, M.-J.; Huang, B.; Li, Z.; Spatafora, J.W. (2012-01-01). "New teleomorph combinations in the entomopathogenic genus Metacordyceps". Mycologia 104 (1): 182–197. doi:10.3852/11-070. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 22067304. https://doi.org/10.3852/11-070.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5360765 entry
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