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Cordyceps

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Cordyceps

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Cordyceps is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes over 260 species worldwide, many of which are parasitic. Diverse variants of cordyceps have had more than 1,500 years of use in Chinese medicine. Most Cordyceps species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods (they are thus entomopathogenic fungi); a few are parasitic on other fungi.

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Cordyceps is a genus of fungi within the kingdom Fungi. It belongs to the phylum Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes, order Hypocreales, and family Cordycipitaceae. The taxon was described by Fr. in 1818 and holds an accepted status. One species within this group is commonly known as the Scarlet Caterpillar Club.

Records for Cordyceps have been documented in Mexico, the United States, Brasil, and Australia. These records are held by institutions including ECOSUR, NCU, LSUM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), and UFRGS. The genus has been the subject of 2862 PubMed entries and has 4408 occurrence records in GBIF. Additionally, iNaturalist lists 2979 observations for the species, while iDigBio contains 826 records and 259 media items.

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Species

Scarlet Caterpillar Club

GENUS

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumAscomycota
  3. ClassSordariomycetes
  4. OrderHypocreales
  5. FamilyCordycipitaceae
Observations2,979
Observations recorded4,408

Cordyceps /ˈkɔːrdɪsɛps/ is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 600 worldwide species. Diverse variants of cordyceps have had more than 1,500 years of use in Chinese medicine. Most Cordyceps species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods (they are thus entomopathogenic fungi); a few are parasitic on other fungi. The generic name Cordyceps is derived from the Ancient Greek word κορδύλη kordýlē, meaning "club", and the Latin suffix -ceps, meaning "-headed". Currently, the genus has a worldwide distribution and most of the approximately 600 species that have been described are from Asia (notably Nepal, China, Japan, Bhutan, Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand).

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
826
With media
259
Family
Cordycipitaceae
Collections
ECOSUR, NCU, LSUM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UFRGS, DUKE
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Brasil, Australia
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Research

2,862 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Splits
  • Selected species
  • Anamorphic genera
  • Biology
  • Research
  • Uses
  • Cultural representations
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References

Cordyceps is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes over 260 species worldwide, many of which are parasitic. Diverse variants of cordyceps have had more than 1,500 years of use in Chinese medicine. Most Cordyceps species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods (they are thus entomopathogenic fungi); a few are parasitic on other fungi.

The generic name Cordyceps is derived from the ancient Greek κορδύλη kordýlē, meaning "club", and the Latin -ceps, derived from Latin caput, meaning "head". The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most of the known species being from Asia.

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