Biology:Ophiocordyceps formicarum
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Short description: Species of fungus
| Ophiocordyceps formicarum | |
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| Ophiocordyceps formicarum on an arthropod in Chiang Mai, Thailand- | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Ophiocordycipitaceae |
| Genus: | Ophiocordyceps |
| Species: | O. formicarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Ophiocordyceps formicarum (Kobayasi) G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007)
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Ophiocordyceps formicarum is an entomopathogenic fungus belonging to the order Hypocreales (Ascomycota) in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. The fungus was first described by mycologist George S. Kobayashi in 1939 as a species of Cordyceps. Originally found in Japan growing on an adult Hercules ant (Camponotus herculeanus var. obscuripes),[2] it was reported from Guizhou, China, in 2003.[3] It was transferred to the new genus Ophiocordyceps in 2007 when the family Cordycipitaceae was reorganized.[1] A technique has been developed to grow the fungus in an agar growth medium supplemented with yeast extract, inosine, and glucose.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi". Studies in Mycology 57: 5–59. 2007. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.57.01. PMID 18490993.
- ↑ Kobayasi Y. (1939). "On the genus Cordyceps and its allies on cicadae from Japan". Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 9: 145–176.
- ↑ "The genus Cordyceps and its allies from the Kuankuoshui Reserve in Guizhou III". Fungal Diversity 14: 95–101. 2003.
- ↑ "サナギタケ(Cordyceps militaris (L. : Fr.) Fr.)とマルミノアリタケ(Cordyceps formicarum Kobayasi)の寒天培養における子嚢殻性子座形成について" (in Japanese). Nippon Kin Gakkai Kaiho 45: 15–19. 2004.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q24975875 entry
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