Name:		Ophiocordyceps Petch, (1931) page 73 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Cordycepioideus Stifler (1941)
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Ophiocordycipitaceae G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora [Family] Hypocreales Lindau [Order] Hypocreomycetidae O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subclass] Sordariomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Ophiocordyceps acicularis (Ravenel) Petch Ophiocordyceps blattae (Petch) Petch Ophiocordyceps caloceroides (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Petch Ophiocordyceps clavulata (Schwein.) Petch Ophiocordyceps elateridicola (Kobayasi & Shimizu) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora Ophiocordyceps glaziovii (Henn.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora Ophiocordyceps gryllotalpae (Kobayasi) Petch Ophiocordyceps macularis Mains Ophiocordyceps paludosa Mains Ophiocordyceps peltata (Wakef.) Petch Ophiocordyceps pentatomae (Koval) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora Ophiocordyceps rhizoidea (Höhn.) Petch Ophiocordyceps ridleyi (Massee) Kobayasi Ophiocordyceps robertsii (Hook.) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora Ophiocordyceps stylophora (Berk. & Broome) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora Ophiocordyceps subunilateralis (Henn.) Kobayasi Ophiocordyceps unilateralis Petch
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (2 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]