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]
Ophiocordyceps formicarum | |
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Ophiocordyceps formicarum on an arthropod in Chiang Mai, Thailand- | |
Scientific classification | |
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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Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b 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 18490993.5-59&rft.date=2007&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2104736#id-name=PMC&rft_id=info:pmid/18490993&rft_id=info:doi/10.3114/sim.2007.57.01&rft.aulast=Sung&rft.aufirst=GH&rft.au=Hywel-Jones, NL&rft.au=Sung, JM&rft.au=Luangsa-ard, JJ&rft.au=Shrestha, B&rft.au=Spatafora, JW&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2104736&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Ophiocordyceps formicarum" class="Z3988">
- ^ Kobayasi Y. (1939). "On the genus Cordyceps and its allies on cicadae from Japan". Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan. 9: 145–176.145-176&rft.date=1939&rft.au=Kobayasi Y.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Ophiocordyceps formicarum" class="Z3988">
- ^ 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: 95–101.95-101&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Liang&rft.aufirst=ZQ&rft.au=Liu, AY&rft.au=Liu, MH&rft.au=Kang, J&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Ophiocordyceps formicarum" class="Z3988">
- ^ 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: 15–19.15-19&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Yahagi&rft.aufirst=N&rft.au=Yahagi, R&rft.au=Takano, F&rft.au=Fushiya, S&rft.au=Tanaka, T&rft.au=Murakami, K&rft.au=Ohta, T&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Ophiocordyceps formicarum" class="Z3988">