Mycobiology.  2006 Mar;34(1):1-6. 10.4489/MYCO.2006.34.1.001.

Cordyceps bassiana and Production of Stromata in vitro Showing Beauveria Anamorph in Korea

• Sung JM
• Lee JO
• Humber RA
• Sung GH
• Shrestha B

• KMID: 1512570
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4489/MYCO.2006.34.1.001

Abstract

A Cordyceps species was found with a Beauveria anamorph state on larval insect cadavers on Obong mountains in Gangwon Provinces, Republic of Korea. Cultures from discharged ascospores formed an anamorph identifiable as Beauveria bassiana. This teleomorph-anamorph connection was also confirmed by the in vitro production of fertile ascomata from conidial cultures with morphology like that of field-collected specimen. This is the first report of in vitro production of a teleomorph for any Beauveria species. The Cordyceps species has been conspecified as Cordyceps bassiana, a species described from China with B. bassiana anamorph.

Keyword

Beauveria bassiana; Cordyceps bassiana; Neotype; Systematics; Teleomorph-anamorph connection

MeSH Terms

Beauveria*
Cadaver
China
Classification
Cordyceps*
Gangwon-do
Insects
Korea*
Republic of Korea