Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides

Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Ophiocordycipitaceae
Genus: Elaphocordyceps
Species: E. ophioglossoides
Binomial name
Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides
(Ehrh.) G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung & Spatafora (2007)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clavaria parasitica Willd. (1787)
  • Sphaeria ophioglossoides J.F.Gmel. (1792)
  • Cordyceps ophioglossoides (Ehrh.) Link (1833)
  • Torrubia ophioglossoides (Ehrh.) Tul. & C.Tul. (1865)
  • Cordyceps parasitica (Willd.) Henn. (1904)
  • Cordyceps ophioglossoides f. cuboides Kobayasi (1960)
  • Cordyceps ophioglossoides f. alba Kobayasi & Shimizu ex Y.J.Yao (1995)
  • Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides f. cuboides (Kobayasi) G.H. Sung, J.M.Sung & Spatafora (2007)

Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides, commonly known as the goldenthread cordyceps,[3] is a species of fungus in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. It is parasitic on fruit bodies of the truffle-like Elaphomyces. The specific epithet ophioglossoides, derived from Ancient Greek, means "like a snake's tongue".[4]

References

  1. ↑ Sung G-H, Hywel-Jones NL, Sung J-M, Luangsa-ard JJ, Shrestha B, Spatafora JW. (2006). "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.
  2. ↑ "GSD Species Synonymy: Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides (Ehrh.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung & Spatafora". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
  3. ↑ William C. Roody (2003). Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians. University Press of Kentucky. p. 410. ISBN 0-8131-2813-7.
  4. ↑ Pacioni G. (1981). Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mushrooms. Simon and Schuster. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-671-42849-5.

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