Ophiocordyceps jinggangshanensis
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| ( ZQ Liang , AY Liu & Yong C. Jiang ) GH Sung , JM Sung , Hywel-Jones & Spatafora |
Ophiocordyceps jinggangshanensis is a parasitic fungus species from the order of the spheroidal mushrooms that parasitizes on caterpillars of various butterflies.
features
Macroscopic features
The stroma grows individually or in clusters and not branched out of the host caterpillar's carcass. It is pale ocher, small, 13 millimeters high and 0.5 millimeters wide. The actual fruiting bodies, the perithecia , are very small, black, and are located individually in the middle or upper part of the stroma. They are egg-shaped, have a sterile, sharp point, and measure 320 × 230 micrometers.
Microscopic features
The tubes (asci) are short cylindrical, 165 × 9 to 10 micrometers in size with a cover, which in turn is 4.5 × 4.5 micrometers in size. The spores are thread-like, with many septa, and are 2.5 to 3 micrometers thick. The septa intervals are 4.8 to 9 micrometers long. They don't break up easily into partial spores.
Similar species
Ophiocordyceps filiformis is very similar, but its perithecia are not black, but brown-yellow. In addition, the septate spores are narrower.
Ecology and diffusion
Ophiocordyceps jinggangshanensis parasitizes on caterpillars of unspecified butterflies.
The species is common in China in the provinces of Jiangxi and Hunan , more precisely in the Jinggang Mountains .
Systematics
Ophiocordyceps jinggangshanensis was first described in 2001 by the Chinese mycologists ZQ Liang , AY Liu and Yong C. Jiang as Cordyceps jinggangshanensis . In 2007 the core clubs were divided into three genera in two different families by Sung Gi-ho , Sung Jae-mo , Nigel L. Hywel-Jones and Joseph W. Spatafora . Ophiocordyceps jiangxiensis is part of the Ophiocordycipitaceae. The species name refers to the site of the first description, the Jinggang Mountains in the provinces of Jiangxi and Hunan .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Liang, ZQ, Liu, AY & Jiang, YC: Two new species of Cordyceps from Jinggang Mountains. In: Mycosystema 20: 306-309. tape 20 , 2001, p. 306-309 ( europepmc.org ).
- ↑ a b Ophiocordyceps jinggangshanensis (ZQ Liang, AY Liu & Yong C. Jiang) GH Sung, JM Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 9, 2018 ; accessed on January 8, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ GH Sung, NL Hywel-Jones, JM Sung, JJ Luangsa-Ard, B. Shrestha et al: Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi. In: Studies in Mycology. 57, 2007, pp. 5-59. doi: 10.3114 / sim.2007.57.01 .
- ↑ Mycobank: Ophiocordyceps jinggangshanensis . Accessed January 8, 2018 .
