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Metacordyceps

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Metacordyceps

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Clavicipitaceae
Genus:	Metacordyceps G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007)
Type species
Metacordyceps taii (Z.Q.Liang & A.Y.Liu) G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007)

Metacordyceps is a genusoffungi in the family Clavicipitaceae.^[1] The anamorphsofMetacordyceps appear to include Metarhizium species.^[2]

Metacordyceps species attack insects in the orders Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, hosts that are common throughout all Cordyceps-like fungi.

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^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.

^ Sung G-H, Hywel-Jones NL, Sung J-M, Luangsa-ard JJ, Shrestha B, Spatafora JW (2007). "Phylogenetic classification of Cordyceps and the clavicipitaceous fungi". Studies in Mycology. 57: 5–59. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.57.01. PMC 2104736. PMID 18490993.

^ Kepler, R.M.; Sung, G.-H.; Ban, S.; Nakagiri, A.; Chen, M.-J.; Huang, B.; Li, Z.; Spatafora, J.W. (2012-01-01). "New teleomorph combinations in the entomopathogenic genus Metacordyceps". Mycologia. 104 (1): 182–197. doi:10.3852/11-070. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 22067304.

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