identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
73EE18D43E965E93A5CB72A7E594F218.text	73EE18D43E965E93A5CB72A7E594F218.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophiocordyceps keqinii S. W. Xie, T. C. Wen & D. P Wei 2025	<div><p>Ophiocordyceps keqinii S. W. Xie, T. C. Wen &amp; D. P Wei sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 3</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Named after an eminent Chinese mycologist, Prof. Ke-Qin Zhang, who has made a significant contribution to the studies of fungi in China.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Anamorph: Stromata extending from the head of the lepidopteran larva, 15–90 × 0.3–1.1 mm, irregularly branched at upper part, cylindrical, fibrous, dark brown at base, becoming white toward the apex due to the formation of hymenium. Phialides exclusively formed at the apical region of stromata, hyaline, smooth-walled, cylindrical at the base 4–12 × 2–4 (x ̄ = 7 × 3, n = 20) μm, narrowing rapidly to a long neck 6–16 × 0.7–2 (x ̄ = 11 × 1, n = 20) μm. Conidia 3–12 × 2–5 (x ̄ = 9 × 4, n = 20) μm, hyaline, semielliptical, ovoid with a round apex and obvious scars at base, one-celled, smooth-walled. Teleomorph: Undetermined.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Yunnan Province, Honghe Prefecture, Amushan natural reserve, on a dead larva of Lepidoptera on the ground, Shi-Wen Xie, Y 08 (HKAS 135614, holotype) .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Phylogenetic analyses revealed that O. keqinii is sister to a clade comprising O. macroacicularis and Hirsutella changbeisanensis, with strong statistical support (89 % ML / 0.99 PP, Fig. 1). Ophiocordyceps macroacicularis was found infecting lepidopteran larvae in Japan (Ban et al. 2015). According to the studies by Ban et al. (2015) and Zhou et al. (2015), they identified polyphialidic phialides in their strains of O. macroacicularis, which were absent in our collection. The comparison of nucleotide sequences showed that there are 17 bp differences (5 bp in ITS, 12 bp in tef 1 - a) between O. keqinii and O. macroacicularis, suggesting they are separate species.</p><p>Hirsutella changbeisanensis was initially discovered on leafhoppers ( Hemiptera) by Liang (1991) and restudied by Qu et al. (2017) based on a new collection occurring on Cicadellidae (Homoptera) . Hirsutella changbeisanensis is distinct from O. keqinii in having a verruculose neck, which is smooth-walled in our collection (Qu et al. 2017). Additionally, there are 23 bp differences in nucleotides (6 bp in ITS, 17 bp in tef 1 - a) between O. keqinii HKAS 135612 and H. changbeisanensis GZUIFR-hir 160527, suggesting they are not conspecific. Hence, based on the differences in morphological characteristics (Table 3), multi-locus phylogenetic analyses, and base pair differences, we introduce O. keqinii as a new species of Ophiocordyceps .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/73EE18D43E965E93A5CB72A7E594F218	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Xie, Shi-Wen;Wei, De-Ping;Qiu, Jun-Zhi;Peng, Xing-Can;Kang, Ji-Chuan;He, Zhang-Jiang;Li, Zeng-Zhi;Li, Chun-Ru;Huang, Shi-Ke;Zhang, Xian;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Bu, Jing;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Xie, Shi-Wen, Wei, De-Ping, Qiu, Jun-Zhi, Peng, Xing-Can, Kang, Ji-Chuan, He, Zhang-Jiang, Li, Zeng-Zhi, Li, Chun-Ru, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Bu, Jing, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Overview of hirsutella-like anamorphs in Ophiocordyceps (Sordariomycetes, Ophiocordycipitaceae): introducing two new species and one new record from China. MycoKeys 119: 95-121, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.119.145174
86FB01309AB356C0B6F853C9D7D5B67A.text	86FB01309AB356C0B6F853C9D7D5B67A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophiocordyceps radiata (Petch 1935) S. W. Xie, D. P Wei & T. C. Wen 2025	<div><p>Ophiocordyceps radiata (Petch) S. W. Xie, D. P Wei &amp; T. C. Wen comb. nov.</p><p>Fig. 4</p><p>Basionym.</p><p>Hirsutella radiata Petch, Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 19 (3): 184 (1935) [1934].</p><p>Description.</p><p>Anamorph: Synnemata up to 5.4 mm long, 0.04 mm wide, emerging from neck and leg joints of the host, multiple, unbranched, brown, filiform, slender, wiry, gradually attenuating toward the apex. Subiculum forming from leg joints of the host, white, composed of interlaced hyphae. Phialides laterally formed along synnemata or produced from subiculum, hyaline, aseptate, smooth-walled, cylindrical, 4–16 × 3–7 (x ̄ = 10 × 4, n = 30) μm at the base, nrowing rapidly into a long neck 10–40 × 0.8–2 (x ̄ = 19 × 1, n = 30) μm. Conidia 6–10 × 2–5 (x ̄ = 9 × 3, n = 20) μm, hyaline, cymbiform, one-celled, smooth-walled, enveloped in a mucous sheath, forming a globose head 8–13 (x ̄ = 10, n = 10) μm in diameter. Teleomorph: Undetermined.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Yunnan Province, Honghe Prefecture, Amushan natural reserve, on fly (Diptera) attached to lower side of a living fern leaf, Shi-Wen Xie, TSQ 13 (HKAS 135613) .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>In the phylogenetic analyses, our new collection clustered with Hirsutella radiata and H. fusiformis, forming a monophyletic clade with high statistical support (97 % ML / 1 PP, Fig. 1). Hirsutella radiata was initially found infecting a small fly attached to a leaf from Great Britain. It was characterized by filiform, brown, branched synnemata; phialides with conical to cylindrical bases and stout necks; cymbiform to oval conidia; and oval conidial masses (Petch 1935). Hirsutella fusiformis was introduced by Speare (1920) from a cricket in Hawaii. It has erect, straight, unbranched, nearly black synnemata; simple phialides with inflated basal portions tapering to a neck; and fusoid-cylindrical conidia. For the first time, Simmons et al. (2015 b) used the DNA sequences of LSU, SSU, tef 1 - a, and rpb 1 gene regions of ‘ H. radiata ’ (from a specimen occurring on Diptera in Poland) and H. fusiformis (from a specimen occurring on Brachyderes incanus in the Netherlands) in their phylogenetic analyses. However, these sequences have not been linked to any morphological description, and epitypes were not designated. The close phylogenetic relationship between H. radiata and H. fusiformis was observed in this study and that of Simmons et al. (2015 b), while it is undetermined whether they are conspecific. Morphologically, our specimen shares similarities with H. radiata in the association with a dipteran host, the filiform brown synnemata, and the cymbiform conidia; thus, we concluded our collection was H. radiata . According to our knowledge, this is the first geographical record of H. radiata in China. Besides, for the first time, we created the linkage between molecular data and the morphological characteristics of this species, thereby formally synonymizing H. radiata as Ophiocordyceps radiata .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/86FB01309AB356C0B6F853C9D7D5B67A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Xie, Shi-Wen;Wei, De-Ping;Qiu, Jun-Zhi;Peng, Xing-Can;Kang, Ji-Chuan;He, Zhang-Jiang;Li, Zeng-Zhi;Li, Chun-Ru;Huang, Shi-Ke;Zhang, Xian;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Bu, Jing;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Xie, Shi-Wen, Wei, De-Ping, Qiu, Jun-Zhi, Peng, Xing-Can, Kang, Ji-Chuan, He, Zhang-Jiang, Li, Zeng-Zhi, Li, Chun-Ru, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Bu, Jing, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Overview of hirsutella-like anamorphs in Ophiocordyceps (Sordariomycetes, Ophiocordycipitaceae): introducing two new species and one new record from China. MycoKeys 119: 95-121, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.119.145174
9B95383D2CA55CEBBB50790F544208C9.text	9B95383D2CA55CEBBB50790F544208C9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophiocordyceps tielingensis S. W. Xie, T. C. Wen & D. P Wei 2025	<div><p>Ophiocordyceps tielingensis S. W. Xie, T. C. Wen &amp; D. P Wei sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 2</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Named after the location where the type specimen was found, ‘ Tieling’ County, Liaoning Province, China.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Anamorph: Stromata extending from the body of a lepidopteran larva, simple, up to 70 mm long and 1 mm wide, with irregularly branches 0.8–17.0 × 0.1–1.0 mm, brown, becoming pale white toward the apex due to the formation of hymenium, fibrous, gradually attenuating toward the apex. Phialides emerging from the middle to upper regions of stromata, lageniform, broadly cylindrical, or swollen at base, hyaline, slightly guttulate, 6–11 × 3–8 (x ̄ = 7 × 5, n = 20) μm, abruptly narrowing into a thin neck with slightly guttulate, 16–28 × 1–3 (x ̄ = 22 × 2, n = 20) μm. Conidia 8–17 × 2–5 (x ̄ = 13 × 3, n = 35) μm, narrowly cymbiform, clavate, and elongated fusiform, one-celled, hyaline, enveloped in a mucous sheath forming a globose head 3–8 (x ̄ = 5, n = 15) μm in diameter. Teleomorph: Undetermined.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>China • Liaoning Province, Tieling City, on a dead larva of Lepidoptera, Ting-Chi Wen, TL 03 (HKAS 135612, holotype) .</p><p>Notes.</p><p>Multigene phylogenetic analysis showed that O. tielingensis forms a sister clade to Hirsutella kuankuoshuiensis with lower statistical values (76 % ML / 0.95 PP) and grouped with O. elongata (anamorph: Hirsutella gigantea) (Sung et al. 2007 a; Simmons et al. 2015 b) (Fig. 1). All species share similarity in forming parasitic associations with larvae of Lepidoptera (Qu et al. 2018) . Ophiocordyceps tielingensis and H. kuankuoshuiensis were known only from their anamorphs. However, notable differences can be observed between O. tielingensis and H. kuankuoshuiensis in the morphologies of stromata, phialides, and conidia (Table 2). Hence, based on the biphasic approach, we confirm that our collection is qualified as a novel species of Ophiocordyceps s. str.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9B95383D2CA55CEBBB50790F544208C9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Xie, Shi-Wen;Wei, De-Ping;Qiu, Jun-Zhi;Peng, Xing-Can;Kang, Ji-Chuan;He, Zhang-Jiang;Li, Zeng-Zhi;Li, Chun-Ru;Huang, Shi-Ke;Zhang, Xian;Liu, Zhong-Liang;Bu, Jing;Wijayawardene, Nalin N.;Wen, Ting-Chi	Xie, Shi-Wen, Wei, De-Ping, Qiu, Jun-Zhi, Peng, Xing-Can, Kang, Ji-Chuan, He, Zhang-Jiang, Li, Zeng-Zhi, Li, Chun-Ru, Huang, Shi-Ke, Zhang, Xian, Liu, Zhong-Liang, Bu, Jing, Wijayawardene, Nalin N., Wen, Ting-Chi (2025): Overview of hirsutella-like anamorphs in Ophiocordyceps (Sordariomycetes, Ophiocordycipitaceae): introducing two new species and one new record from China. MycoKeys 119: 95-121, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.119.145174
