Morphological and Molecular Phylogenetic Data of the Chinese Medicinal Fungus <i>Cordyceps liangshanensis</i> Reveal Its New Systematic Position in the Family Ophiocordycipitaceae

Wang, Yao; Dai, Yong-Dong; Yang, Zhong-Lin; Guo, Rui; Wang, Yuan-Bing; Yang, Zhu L.; Ding, Lei; Yu, Hong

Mycobiology. 2021 Aug;49(4):297-307. 10.1080/12298093.2021.1923388.

Morphological and Molecular Phylogenetic Data of the Chinese Medicinal Fungus Cordyceps liangshanensis Reveal Its New Systematic Position in the Family Ophiocordycipitaceae

Wang Y^1,2
Dai YD^1,2
Yang ZL^1,2
Guo R^1,2
Wang YB^1,2
Yang ZL³
Ding L⁴
Yu H^1,2

Affiliations

¹Yunnan Herbal Laboratory, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
²The International Joint Research Center for Sustainable Utilization of Cordyceps Bioresources in China and Southeast Asia, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
³Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming, China
⁴School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

KMID: 2520503
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/12298093.2021.1923388

Abstract

A cordycipitoid fungus infecting Hepialidae sp. in Nepal was supposed to be identical to Cordyceps liangshanensis, originally described from southwestern China, and thus, transferred to the genus Metacordyceps or Papiliomyces in previous studies. However, our multi-gene (nrSSU-nrLSU-tef-1α-rpb1-rpb2) phylogenetic and morphological studies based on the type specimen and additional collections of C. liangshanensis revealed that the fungus belongs to the genus Ophiocordyceps (Ophiocordycipitaceae). Therefore, a new combination O. liangshanensis was made, and a detailed description of this species was provided.

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New combination; morphology; multiple genes; revision

Morphological and Molecular Phylogenetic Data of the Chinese Medicinal Fungus Cordyceps liangshanensis Reveal Its New Systematic Position in the Family Ophiocordycipitaceae

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