Overview of hirsutella-like anamorphs in Ophiocordyceps (Sordariomycetes, Ophiocordycipitaceae): introducing two new species and one new record from China

By

Xie, Shi-Wen
Wei, De-Ping
Qiu, Jun-Zhi
Peng, Xing-Can
Kang, Jichuan
He, Zhang-Jiang
Li, Zengzhi
Li, Chunru
Huang, Shi-Ke
Zhang, Xian
Liu, Zhong-Liang
Bu, Jing
Wijayawardene, Nalin
Wen, Ting-Chi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-7-1

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

119

Pages

95--121

Subjects

entomopathogenic fungi , hirsutella-like , Ophiocordyceps

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.119.145174

 

Abstract

Ophiocordyceps, a species-rich genus in Ophiocordycipitaceae, is a holomorphic genus in which most of the species are reported with hirsutella-like anamorphs. In this study, we introduce two new species of hirsutella-like anamorphs from lepidopteran larvae (viz., Ophiocordyceps tielingensissp. nov. and Ophiocordyceps keqiniisp. nov.). Ophiocordyceps radiata (syn. Hirsutella radiata), a new combination, exhibits a pathogenic association with a fly, and it is reported as a new geographic record from China, based on integrated morphological and molecular analyses. We provide a checklist of Ophiocordyceps species with hirsutella-like anamorphs and comprehensively review their characteristics of anamorphs and teleomorphs. These definitive findings establish a foundation for the classification and diversity of Ophiocordyceps species with hirsutella-like anamorphs.