Ophiocordycipitaceae

Ophiocordycipitaceae is a family of parasitic fungi in the phylum Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes. It was created in 2007 to resolve the paraphyly of Calvicipitaceae. It was updated in 2020.

Genera

As accepted in 2020; (with number of species)

• Hantamomyces (1)
• Unilateralis (1)
• Harposporium (37) (Anamorphic)
• Hirsutella (50+)
• Hymenostilbe (12)
• Ophiocordyceps (263)
• Paraisaria (11)
• Perennicordyceps (4)
• Pleurocordyceps (10)
• Polycephalomyces (18)
• Purpureocilium (5)
• Syngliocladium (5)
• Tolypocladium (47)

Former assignments:

• Blistum split up into different genera
• Didymobotryopsis Accepted by Species Fungorum but not 2020 Outline
• Haptocillium moved to Drechmeria, Clavicipitaceae
• Synnematium synonym for Hirsutella
• Trichosterigma synonym for Hirsutella

Fossil species

• †Paleoophiocordyceps

See also

• Cordycipitaceae
• Cordyceps

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