Current nomenclatural changes inCordyceps sensu latoand its multidisciplinary impacts

Abstract

Innumerable name changes have occurred in Cordyceps and allied taxa, after the phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps, coupled by the application of one fungus one name after the amendment of ICN. Complying with one fungus one name, many generic names have been protected for monophyletic clades in Clavicipitaceae and Ophiocordycipitaceae that have made tremendous transfer of Cordyceps spp. to both sexual and asexual genera. Species compositions of the accepted genera Ophiocordyceps, Tolypocladium, Metarhizium, Perennicordyceps, Polycephalomyces and Purpureocillium are briefly discussed to update the readers with the current placements of Cordyceps spp. Some examples of frequent name changes of Cordyceps spp. are also mentioned, with reference to use of older scientific names in non-mycological publications.

Ophiocordyceps neonutans sp. nov., a new neotropical species from O. nutans complex (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Ascomycota)

“…Ophiocordyceps Petch (1931: 73) is the largest genus in Ophiocordycipitaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycota), comprising more than 200 species (Sung et al 2007, Spatafora et al 2015, Shrestha et al 2017a, Wijayawardene et al 2017. The genus is characterized mainly by darkly pigmented, rough, pliant or wiry stroma that parasitizes larvae and adults of different arthropod orders (Sung et al 2007, Wijayawardene et al 2017.…”

Isolation And Characterization of Isaria Farinosa from Iraqi Gara Mountain Soil Using Morphological And Molecular Approaches

“…A recent taxonomic treatment based on phylogeny, Isaria is asexual genus linked to Cordyceps Fr. (Family: Cordycipitaceae: Hypocreales) (Shreshtha et al 2017).…”

Three Novel Entomopathogenic Fungi From China and Thailand

“…They are found in the Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota ( Sung et al, 2007a ; Maharachchikumbura et al, 2016 ; Wijayawardene et al, 2018 ). The generic composition of Ophiocordycipitaceae underwent several changes over time ( Sung et al, 2007a ; Quandt et al, 2014 ; Maharachchikumbura et al, 2016 ; Shrestha et al, 2017 ; Wijayawardene et al, 2018 ), and currently ten genera are accepted ( Hyde et al, 2020 ). New combinations of these genera were proposed for Polycephalomyces by Kepler et al (2013) , Tolypocladium by Quandt et al (2014) , Perennicordyceps by Matočec et al (2014) and Drechmeria , Harposporium , Ophiocordyceps , and Purpureocillium by Spatafora et al (2015) .…”