Two new Cordyceps-like species, Perennicordyceps zongqii sp. nov. (Polycephalomycetaceae) and Purpureocillium zongqii sp. nov. (Ophiocordycipitaceae), in Hypocreales from karst region of China

By

Chen, Wanhao
Li, Dan
Liang, Jiandong
Ren, Xiuxiu
Zhao, Jiehong
Han, Yan-Feng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

110

Pages

141--158

Subjects

Cordyceps-like species , Morphology , Ophiocordycipitaceae , phylogenetic analysis , Polycephalomycetaceae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.110.135724

 

Abstract

Two new Cordyceps-like species, Perennicordyceps zongqii and Purpureocillium zongqii, isolated from a larva and soil, are introduced. Morphological comparisons and phylogenetic analyses based on multigene datasets (ITS, LSU, RPB2 and TEF) support the establishment of the new species. Moreover, new species in the families Polycephalomycetaceae and Ophiocordycipitaceae were introduced into Tiankeng and the valley for the first time. Further attention needs to be paid to the diversity of other Cordyceps-like fungi in the special eco-environment of the karst region.