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Cordyceps ophioglossoides

Tolypocladium ophioglossoides
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Ophiocordycipitaceae
Genus: Tolypocladium
Species: T. ophioglossoides
Binomial name
Tolypocladium ophioglossoides
(Ehrh.) Quandt, Kepler & Spatafora (2014)
Synonyms
  • Clavaria parasitica Willd. (1787)
  • Sphaeria ophioglossoides J.F.Gmel. (1792)
  • Cordyceps ophioglossoides (Ehrh.) Link (1833)
  • Torrubia ophioglossoides (Ehrh.) Tul. & C.Tul. (1865)
  • Cordyceps parasitica (Willd.) Henn. (1904)
  • Cordyceps ophioglossoides f. cuboides Kobayasi (1960)
  • Cordyceps ophioglossoides f. alba Kobayasi & Shimizu ex Y.J.Yao (1995)
  • Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides (Ehrh.) G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung & Spatafora (2007)
  • Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides f. cuboides (Kobayasi) G.H. Sung, J.M.Sung & Spatafora (2007)

Tolypocladium ophioglossoides, also known by two of its better known synonyms Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides and Cordyceps ophioglossoides and commonly known as the goldenthread cordyceps, is a species of fungus in the family Ophiocordycipitaceae. It is parasitic on fruit bodies of the truffle-like Elaphomyces. The specific epithet ophioglossoides, derived from Ancient Greek, means "like a snake's tongue".



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