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'''''Ophiocordyceps''''' is a [[genus]] of [[fungus|fungi]] within the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Ophiocordycipitaceae]].<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM |date=December 2007 |title=Outline of Ascomycota &ndash; 2007 |journal=Myconet |volume=13 |issue= |pages=1–58 |id= |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |accessdate= |publisher=The Field Museum, Department of Botany |location=Chicago, USA }}</ref> The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist [[Tom Petch]] in 1931,<ref name=Petch1931/> contains about 140 species that grow on insects.<ref name=Kirk2008/> [[Teleomorph, anamorph and holomorph|Anamorphic]] genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''[[Hirsutella]]'', ''[[Hymenostilbe]]'', ''[[Isaria]]'', ''[[Paraisaria]]'', and ''[[Syngliocladium]]''.<ref name=Sung2007/>
'''''Ophiocordyceps''''' is a [[genus]] of [[fungus|fungi]] within the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Ophiocordycipitaceae]].<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM |date=December 2007 |title=Outline of Ascomycota &ndash; 2007 |journal=Myconet |volume=13 |issue= |pages=1–58 |id= |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |accessdate= |publisher=The Field Museum, Department of Botany |location=Chicago, USA }}</ref> The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist [[Tom Petch]] in 1931,<ref name=Petch1931/> contains about 140 species that grow on insects.<ref name=Kirk2008/> [[Teleomorph, anamorph and holomorph|Anamorphic]] genera that correspond with ''Ophiocordyceps'' species are ''[[Hirsutella]]'', ''[[Hymenostilbe]]'', ''[[Isaria]]'', ''[[Paraisaria]]'', and ''[[Syngliocladium]]''.<ref name=Sung2007/>


One [[species complex]], ''[[Ophiocordyceps unilateralis]]'', is known for its [[parasitism]] on [[ant]]s, in which it alters the behavior of the ants in such a way as to propagate itself more effectively, killing the ant and then growing its fruiting bodies from the ant's head and releasing its spores.<ref>In Fossilized Leaf, Clues to a Zombie Ant, by Sindya N Bhanoo New York Times 24 August 2010</ref><ref>
One [[species complex]], ''[[Ophiocordyceps unilateralis]]'', is known for its [[parasitism]] on [[ant]]s, in which it alters the
{{Cite journal|author=H. C. Evans|author2=Simon L. Elliot|author3=David P. Hughes|year=2011|title=Hidden Diversity Behind the Zombie-Ant Fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis: Four New Species Described from Carpenter Ants in Minas Gerais, Brazil|journal= PLoS ONE |volume= 6|issue=3 |pages=e17024|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0017024|pmid=21399679|pmc=3047535|bibcode=2011PLoSO...617024E}}</ref>


==Species==
==Species==

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Ophiocordyceps
Dead ants infected with Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Ophiocordycipitaceae
Genus: Ophiocordyceps
Petch (1931)
Type species
Ophiocordyceps blattae
(Petch) Petch (1931)
Synonyms[1]

Cordycepioideus Stifler (1941)

Ophiocordyceps is a genus of fungi within the family Ophiocordycipitaceae.[2] The widespread genus, first described scientifically by British mycologist Tom Petch in 1931,[3] contains about 140 species that grow on insects.[4] Anamorphic genera that correspond with Ophiocordyceps species are Hirsutella, Hymenostilbe, Isaria, Paraisaria, and Syngliocladium.[5]

One species complex, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is known for its parasitism on ants, in which it alters the

Species

References

  1. ^ "Ophiocordyceps Petch 1931". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  2. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  3. ^ Petch T. (1931). "Notes on entomogenous fungi". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 16 (1): 55–75. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(31)80006-3.
  4. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 483. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  5. ^ Sung G-H, Hywel-Jones NL, Sung J-M, 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.

External links

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