Ophiocordycipitaceae

Ophiocordycipitaceae
Temporal range: Middle Cretaceous - Recent, 105–0Ma

[1]

Dead ants infected with Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Ophiocordycipitaceae
G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007)
Type genus
Ophiocordyceps
Petch (1931)

The Ophiocordycipitaceae are a family of parasitic fungi in the Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.[2]

Genera

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sung G-H, Poinar GO Jr, Spatafora JW. (2008). "The oldest fossil evidence of animal parasitism by fungi supports a Cretaceous diversification of fungal–arthropod symbioses". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (2): 495–502. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.028. PMID 18817884.
  2. 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.

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