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Ophiocordycipitaceae

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Ophiocordycipitaceae Temporal range: Middle Cretaceous - Recent, 105–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ^[1]

Dead ants infected with Ophiocordyceps unilateralis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Ophiocordycipitaceae G.H.Sung, J.M.Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora (2007)
Type genus
Ophiocordyceps Petch (1931)

Ophiocordycipitaceae is a familyofparasitic fungi in the phylum Ascomycota, class Sordariomycetes.^[2] It was updated in 2020.^[3]

Genera

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As accepted in 2020; (with number of species)^[3]

Hantamomyces Crous (1)

Unilateralis T. F. Kirschtein (1)

Harposporium Lohde (37) (Anamorphic)

Hirsutella Pat. (50+)

Hymenostilbe Petch (12)

Ophiocordyceps Petch (263)

Paraisaria Samson & B.L. Brady (11)

Perennicordyceps Matočec & I. Kušan (4)

Pleurocordyceps Y.J. Yao, Y.H. Wang, S. Ban, W.J. Wang, Yi Li, Ke Wang & P.M. Kirk (10)

Polycephalomyces Kobayasi (18)

Purpureocilium Luangsa-ard, Hywel-Jones, Houbraken & Samson (5)

Syngliocladium Petch 1932 (5)

Tolypocladium W. Gams (47)

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^ Sung GH, Poinar GO Jr, Spatafora JW (2008). "The oldest fossil evidence of animal parasitism by fungi supports a Cretaceous diversification of fungal–arthropod symbioses". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49 (2): 495–502. Bibcode:2008MolPE..49..495S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.028. PMID 18817884.

^ Sung GH, Hywel-Jones NL, Sung JM, 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.

^ ^a ^b Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.

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