Ophiocordyceps coenomyia
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Ophiocordyceps coenomyia | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Hypocreales |
Family: | Ophiocordycipitaceae |
Genus: | Ophiocordyceps |
Species: | O. coenomyia
|
Binomial name | |
Ophiocordyceps coenomyia Ban, Sakane & Nakagiri, 2014
|
Ophiocordyceps coenomyia is an entomopathogenic fungus belonging to the order Hypocreales (Ascomycota) in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. It is parasitic to awl-fly larvae. This species is characterized by a globose, alutaceous fertile part at the apex of its light yellow stroma, its immersed perithecia, and ascospores dividing in turn into partspores. The species is closely related to O. heteropoda.[1]
References
Further reading
- Araújo, João, et al. "Unravelling the diversity behind Ophiocordyceps unilateralis complex: Three new species of Zombie-Ant fungus from Brazilian Amazon." bioRxiv (2014): 003806.
External links
- "Ophiocordyceps coenomyia" at the Encyclopedia of LifeError: "Q20721520" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Encyclopedia of Life ID not in Wikidata
- Taxonbars desynced from Wikidata
- Taxonbar pages requiring a Wikidata item
- Taxonbars with invalid from parameters
- Taxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs
- Diptera pests and diseases
- Animal fungal diseases
- Fungi described in 2014
- Ophiocordycipitaceae
- All stub articles
- Sordariomycetes stubs