Cordyceps yinjiangensis, a new ant-pathogenic fungus

YU-PING LI; WAN-HAO CHEN; YAN-FENG HAN; JIAN-DONG LIANG; ZONG-QI LIANG

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.453.3.10

Issue: Vol. 453 No. 3: 23 July 2020

Type: Article

Published: 2020-07-23

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.453.3.10

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***Cordyceps yinjiangensis*, a new ant-pathogenic fungus**

YU-PING LI⁺⁻
WAN-HAO CHEN⁺⁻
YAN-FENG HAN⁺⁻
JIAN-DONG LIANG⁺⁻
ZONG-QI LIANG⁺⁻

Department of Microbiology, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China

Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China

Department of Microbiology, Basic Medical School, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China

Institute of Fungus Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China

Fungi 1 new species Cordyceps morphology phylogeny ponerine

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Abstract

Ant-pathogenic fungi are mainly found in the Ophiocordycipitaceae, rarely in the Cordycipitaceae. During a survey of entomopathogenetic fungi from Southwest China, a new species, Cordyceps yinjiangensis, was isolated from the ponerine. It differs from other Cordyceps species by its ant host, shorter phialides, and smaller septate conidia formed in an imbricate chain. Phylogenetic analyses based on the combined datasets of (LSU+RPB2+TEF) and (ITS+TEF) confirmed that C. yinjiangensis is distinct from other species. The new species is formally described and illustrated, and compared to similar species.

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