Ophiocordyceps formicarum
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]
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| Ophiocordyceps formicarum on an arthropod in Chiang Mai, Thailand- | |
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| Ophiocordyceps formicarum (Kobayasi) G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007) | |
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References
- Sung GH, Hywel-Jones NL, Sung JM, Luangsa-ard JJ, Shrestha B, Spatafora JW (2007). "Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi". Studies in Mycology. 57: 5–59. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.57.01. PMC 2104736. 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.
- Liang ZQ, Liu AY, Liu MH, Kang J (2003). "The genus Cordyceps and its allies from the Kuankuoshui Reserve in Guizhou III". Fungal Diversity. 14: 95–101.
- Yahagi N, Yahagi R, Takano F, Fushiya S, Tanaka T, Murakami K, Ohta T (2004). "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" [Growth of ascoscarps from cultured Cordyceps militaris (L.:Fr.) Fr. and Cordyceps formicarum Kobayasi in an agar medium]. Nippon Kin Gakkai Kaiho (in Japanese). 45: 15–19.
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